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Ketch Secor “Story The Crow Told Me”

July 18, 2025 Paul Kerr 4
A fine history lesson from Old Crow Medicine Show frontman. Say what you want about Old Crow Medicine Show (the main complaint being that they introduced ‘Wagon Wheel’ to thousands of street buskers), there’s no doubt […]
News

Cambridge Folk Festival to return in 2026 – Hurrah!

July 18, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Cancelled for this year, but promising to be back, so the story ran in January and true to their word the organisers of the beloved Cambridge Folk Festival have announced that it is back in 2026 […]
Eddie Vedder at BST Hyde Park London 2022
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Classic Clips: Eddie Vedder sings Warren Zevon’s “Keep Me in Your Heart”

July 18, 2025 FredArnold 3
At the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC – October 2017. Warren Zevon was an americana artist, no doubt, though in virtually every description of his oeuvre, he is deemed to be a rock […]
Album cover of The Teskey Brothers, 'Live at the Hammersmith Apollo'
Album Reviews

The Teskey Brothers “Live at the Hammersmith Apollo”

July 18, 2025 Jonny Brick 0
A third live rendition of dependable blues from the Australian siblings. These days, americana acts filling sizeable venues in the UK, despite not being household names, is not unusual, which is testament to the growth of […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 191 “Who’s Next?”

July 18, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 7
I spent last Friday in 30-degree heat in Hyde Park, basking in the sounds of the past as well as the scorching summer sunshine. I’d had a mind to have a few pints of ice-cold lager, […]

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Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

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Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

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Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

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Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

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Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album

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Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]
Leah Blevins
Live Reviews

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0
Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]
Album Reviews

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0
Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

  • Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”
  • Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026
  • Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”
  • Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”
  • Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album
  • Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975
  • Fruit Bats “The Landfill”
  • Hell in a Handcart – making a profit for “The Man”
  • Elizabeth Cook announces new album and narrative film
  • Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Jim Walker of Brighthelmstone Promotions
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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 […]
Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

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Rufus Wainwright “Darling This Will Never Do” – Tribute to a Thompson

May 8, 2024 0
No, we haven’t messed the image up – and yes that is not Rufus Wainwright.  And no, this has nothing to do with the complaint from Loudon’s kid that we’ve all become narrow-minded since Brexit.  Nous, […]
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Interview: Kenny Wayne Shepherd on “Dirt On My Diamonds Vol.1”

January 26, 2024 0
Muscle Shoals and working with a crack band keeps the music fresh. It is a sobering thought that Kenny Wayne Shepherd is nearly thirty years into his career as a roots rock blues-based artist which has […]
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Why Americana UK is leaving X aka Twitter

August 20, 2024 11
After a prolonged discussion within our editorial team, we’ve made the decision to leave X aka Twitter and just wanted to let you our readers know the reasons for this although they probably won’t come as […]

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