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Maygen & The Birdwatcher “Millie Moon”

August 28, 2025 Ed Donnelly 0
Maygen & The Birdwatcher embrace joy with their new single ‘Millie Moon’. The group includes lead vocalist Maygen Lacey, vocalist/guitarist Noah Neumann and banjo player Nik Pellinen with mandolin player Jesse Maravec.  The track is a […]
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Video: The Mukherjee Development “Charlie Bird Parker”

August 28, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the video for ‘Charlie Bird Parker’ from Danish band The Mukherjee Development. The band has a distinctive sound and they cite as influences the folk-pop of Sheryl Crow, indie songwriters such as Phoebe Bridgers and […]
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Behind the Songs: Marty Cooper “American Portraits”

August 27, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
There aren’t many artists who fit “Behind the Songs” any better than Marty Cooper, who has been behind so many hit songs you might think of him as a shadow, a stealthy spy or the reverse […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: Sarah Jane Scouten + Emily Ashberry, Peggy’s Skylight, Nottingham – 17th August 2025

August 27, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Founded by an Iranian pianist and a singing chef, Peggy’s Skylight nestles in the heart of Nottingham’s Creative Quarter. Over the last few years, it has fast become one of the city’s premier go-to places for […]
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Interview: Mark Radcliffe talks of songs with ‘Turner-esque skys’, writing surprises and the ‘two-pint axis’

August 27, 2025 Guy Lincoln 2
After a number of false starts, AUK finally managed to sit down for a chat with popular culture polymath (broadcaster, folk-pop/alt-country/electronic musician, author, comedic raconteur, dog whisperer) and all-round good-egg Mark Radcliffe. It might be a […]

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More People Really Should Know About: Charm Of Finches

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More People Really Should Know About: Charm Of Finches

July 7, 2026 0
Approaching this feature is always really difficult; starting from a position of identifying someone that the wider world doesn’t know well enough and that their lives would be enriched by, if only they had a wider […]
Album Reviews

Matt Jones and the Bobs “Matt Jones and the Bobs”

July 7, 2026 0
Songs of personal significance. Matt Jones and The Bobs formed way back in 2011 while they were studying at Radford University, all sharing a love of americana, roots, and classic rock. Their debut album Brother’s Hymn was […]
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Tough Old Bird “Wednesday’s Child” – keeping it all quiet

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If you like your folk-rock with a hint of jangle, then you’re going to like the new single from Tough Old Bird, who, we note, we last featured on Americana UK way back in 2019. Back […]

  • More People Really Should Know About: Charm Of Finches
  • Matt Jones and the Bobs “Matt Jones and the Bobs”
  • Tough Old Bird “Wednesday’s Child” – keeping it all quiet
  • Video: Ryan Bingham “Let the Big Dog Eat” ft. The Texas Gentlemen
  • For the Sake of the Song: Danny O’Keefe “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”
  • Rodney Crowell “Then Again”
  • Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival
  • Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 243 “A game of two halves”
  • Lisa Bouchelle “A Light To Come Home To” – feat. Amanda Shires & Larry Campbell
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]
Interviews

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0
In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]

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They seem like a particularly American thing, these ever-changing congregations of individuals; coalescing around an idea to make music together while at the same time performing in/with/for numerous other bands. Do these in fact represent ‘real’ […]
Videos

Video: The Long Ryders “Looking For Lewis & Clark”

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For the retro slot we have one of the great live bands, in fact great bands period and an incendiary performance of Looking For Lewis & Clark.   Have a great weekend everyone while The Long Ryders […]
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Static Roots Festival announces first acts for 2020

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Fast becoming pretty much an essential date in any Americana fan’s festival diary these days, the Static Roots Festival in Oberhausen, Germany this coming July announced its first performers just before Christmas. Dietmar Leibecke, festival organiser […]

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