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Sunny Sweeney makes the summer sunnier with release of “Rhinestone Requiem”

June 9, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Sunny Sweeney, the irrepressible country artist and host of SiriusXM’s Sunny Side Up (Willie’s Roadhouse) and Sunny Side of Life (Outlaw Country), is set to release her new album, “Rhinestone Requiem”, on 1st August 2025 via […]
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Luke O’Hanlon “The River Only Flows One Way”

June 9, 2025 Andy Davidson 0
An evocative, lyrical spate. Liverpudlian songwriter Luke O’Hanlon describes his third solo album as an “emotionally honest folk record, created over two years, a personal mediation on grief, identity and change”. He has spent the two […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: The Black Feathers, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 30th May 2025

June 9, 2025 Graeme Tait 2
For many years, three large banners have hung across the back of the stage at Lincolnshire’s premier Americana music venue, each proudly proclaiming the following: “The Town Hall Live. Bringing the best folk, roots, and americana […]
Tracks

Malin Pettersen “Number And A Street” – bring on the band

June 9, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
The latest single from Malin Pettersen’s new album ‘Wildflower’ is a new recording of a song that Pettersen first released on her 2024 EP ‘Seasons.’ Back then it was a solo take with just guitar accompaniment, […]
Videos

Video: Steady Habits “Stay”

June 9, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the latest single from alt-country band Steady Habits. With a forceful beat, bright guitar and a touch of harmonica, ‘Stay’ is an immediate, catchy song that will have you humming along. New England’s Sean Duggan’s […]

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

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Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975

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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 […]
Features

Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

July 3, 2026 2
Simon Lamont’s contribution to our americana stories is called Americana. And it covers one of our core topics, what is americana, and why isn’t it country? Simon Lamont is an Irish writer and designer (graphic/web/garden) who […]

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  • 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
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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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Video Premiere: The Blue Highways “Play Johnny Play”

May 31, 2019 1
Now here’s a thing.  The very up and coming indeed Blue Highways new single “Play Johnny Play” features some great UK Americana guitarists including a couple of Champs as well.  A proper piece of rock’n’roll featuring […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Slow Parade “Ebb & Flow”

July 15, 2020 0
Atlanta-based band Slow Parade have an atmospheric new single from their recent well-received second album, ‘Hi-Fi LowLife’.  Slow Parade is a psychedelic country-folk collective, seeking some kind of sonic bliss.  The single, ‘Ebb & Flow’, is […]
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Album Reviews

Birds Flying Backwards “Lovebirds”

March 10, 2026 0
A strong Laurel Canyon-style americana debut with words of love but also introspection. Lovebirds is Birds Flying Backwards’ debut album after a couple of EPs, The Serenity Now Variations (2023) and Surrender to The Void (2024). […]

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