2025 – Page 157 – Americana UK

Something for the weekend: Margo Price “Losing Streak”

August 8, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and we leave you with a new track from Margo Price who revisits her earliest days in Nashville on ‘Losing Streak’, sleeping off a three-day party […]

Video: Dug “Have At It” – a distinct and original take on contemporary folk

August 8, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Comprised of Californian multi-instrumentalist Jonny Pickett and Scottish-American artist Lorkin O’Reilly, whose solo work has quietly generated over 26 million Spotify streams, DUG have firmly established themselves as one of the most unique and relatable forces […]

AUK Back Pages No. 17

August 8, 2025 Paul Kerr 1

Happy New Year! A new year and a new cover design for the monthly compilation CDs sent out to Friends of AUK (for a mere pittance in return). Unlike earlier years where the cover art remained […]

Classic Clips: Paul Simon Performs “The Only Living Boy in New York” at Barnes and Noble, 2008

August 8, 2025 Andy Short 0

Paul Simon has an incredible catalogue of music behind him, going all the way back to the 1950s. As half of the folk duo Simon and Garfunkel, he had great success before going on to record […]

Paperback Riders: Philip Roth “The Plot Against America”

August 8, 2025 Tim Martin 4

Where America Might Go Next Part 3. Paperback Riders has definitely disappeared down a rabbit hole of speculative fiction this year. Philip Roth’s 2004 novel ‘The Plot Against America’ is particularly unsettling not because it ventures […]

Sufjan Stevens at Celebrate Brooklyn 2011

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Sufjan Stevens

September 30, 2026 0

The Americana UK archives are not exactly rammed with Sufjan Stevens content. Andrew Frolish selected the sublime John Wayne Gacy, Jr. for his Chain Gang feature in 2022 (here). Otherwise, there are a few ‘guest appearance’ […]

Artwork for Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children's album "My Mother's Name"

Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name”

September 30, 2026 0

Wandering songwriter returns with first album in a decade: lessons in melodic self-definition ensue. “I don’t plan, and I don’t plan to stop”. The opening line to the first and title track of My Mother’s Name […]

Cover art for David Banks album "All The Dreams We Left Behind"

David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind”

September 30, 2026 0

Former Whybirds guitarist and co-writer delivers a sophomore album replete with anthemic songs infused with arena rock. It is now over seven years since David Banks released his debut album, Until The End, which saw the […]

Year: 2025

Something for the weekend: Margo Price “Losing Streak”

Video: Dug “Have At It” – a distinct and original take on contemporary folk

AUK Back Pages No. 17

Classic Clips: Paul Simon Performs “The Only Living Boy in New York” at Barnes and Noble, 2008

Paperback Riders: Philip Roth “The Plot Against America”

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Sufjan Stevens

Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name”

David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind”

Stephanie Sammons “Head Noise”

Folk Tracks Roundup – September 2026