2025 – Page 34 – Americana UK

Americana Down Under – Gina Malcolm, Jules Sheldon and the Boundary Riders, The Distance and Team Love

November 26, 2025 Andy Short 0

A quartet of albums spotlighting the rich musical talent from below the equator. Americana music comes in all shapes and sizes, originating from many different places. That is the beauty of the genre, and the Southern […]

Dallas Good And Richard Reed Parry “The Brightest Light” – an unexpected release

November 26, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s still hard to believe that Dallas Good died three years ago at the young age of 48, leaving a gaping hole in the Americana music scene. Yep Roc will soon be releasing the last music […]

Video Premiere: KB Bayley “East Side Confessions”

November 26, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

The new single from songwriter and lap steel player KB Bayley begins with a quote from his father: “My father always said we were born on the East Side, and the East Side’s where we’ll die,” […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Pat Carter

November 25, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Pat Carter is the singer and principal songwriter for the Berlin-based americana band Rodeo-FM. Their albums are highly recommended as both musically and lyrically outstanding. As Carter has mused, “I guess every songwriter wants to write […]

More People Should Know About: Five Islands

November 25, 2025 Jonathan Smith 0

There are plenty of artists out there who quietly and diligently amass a body of work, building a following by constant touring or releasing new music, and working hard on the socials to keep their name […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0

Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]

Year: 2025

Americana Down Under – Gina Malcolm, Jules Sheldon and the Boundary Riders, The Distance and Team Love

Dallas Good And Richard Reed Parry “The Brightest Light” – an unexpected release

Video Premiere: KB Bayley “East Side Confessions”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Pat Carter

More People Should Know About: Five Islands

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring author and journalist Liz Thomson