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Album Art for Red Birds album "Things We Thought We Were Done With"

Red Birds “Things We Thought We Were Done With”

May 12, 2025 Andy Short 2

Exceptional recording from Maryland’s Red Birds. The Red Birds return with an album that explores the human condition, its flaws, constant anxiety, and even boredom, leaving a pocket of hope that underneath all is good. “Things […]

Live Review: The Dead South + Sunny War, Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, North Carolina – 2nd May 2025

May 12, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

The amphitheatre lights faded to black, and there was a stillness in the night; the canned music stopped playing; a murmur sounding like the drone of traffic on the Interstate emanated from the crowd as people […]

Dave Steel “Wooden Music”

May 12, 2025 Fiona Golden 2

“Salvation for a moment is some music I don’t recognise”. Roaming in the desert, searching for deliverance or truth, is a tale old as recorded history. In The Red Book, psychologist Carl Jung observed that, in […]

James Cook “Is That All You Got” – not defeated yet

May 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

The first single from James Cook’s second album “Texican Velvet” sees the Texas/Oklahoma music scene fixture bring his raw and honest songwriting to bear on the journey of a resilient protagonist named Josie, fearlessly exploring themes of […]

Video Premiere: Adam Esrick “Don’t Ask Me How I Know”

May 12, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1

Check out the latest single from Scottsdale-based Adam Esrick. ‘Don’t Ask Me How I Know’ is semi-autobiographical, a song that turns Esrick’s experiences into life lessons, delivered here in a well-shot, cinematic video that draws on […]

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 […]

Cover art for Danni Nicholls album "Making Moves"

Danni Nicholls “Making Moves”

July 1, 2026 0

Top-class vocals and production complement finely crafted personal lyrics of love, loss and hope from UK-born now Nashville-based artist. One of the joys in reviewing albums for Americana UK is that moment when you first play […]

All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

July 1, 2026 0

The music of Alton and Rabon Delmore continues to influence generations of singers and songwriters across multiple genres. From their first appearance as the Delmore Brothers at the 1926 Athens Fiddlers Convention, their intricate harmonies took […]

Year: 2025

Red Birds “Things We Thought We Were Done With”

Live Review: The Dead South + Sunny War, Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, North Carolina – 2nd May 2025

Dave Steel “Wooden Music”

James Cook “Is That All You Got” – not defeated yet

Video Premiere: Adam Esrick “Don’t Ask Me How I Know”

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

Danni Nicholls “Making Moves”

All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026