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For the Sake of the Song: Jess Williamson “Wind On Tin”

November 3, 2025 Fiona Golden 0
There’s a certain solitude that takes place towards dusk in the American southwest. If you stand in one spot long enough, amidst the scrub and dust, you’ll likely hear no sound except the air and your […]
Chris While & Julie Matthews, live at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 25th October 2025
Live Reviews

Live Review: Chris While and Julie Matthews, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th October 2025

November 3, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Making the relatively short, thirty-minute journey from my home in Lincoln, towards the county’s premier americana music venue, the Town Hall in Kirton in Lindsey, I was constantly distracted by the setting sun as it slipped […]
News

Podcast number 5 with Jack Browning now live!

November 3, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 1
This week’s podcast is live and full of treasures, not least of which is an interview with rising artist/musician Jack Browning, fresh from his Healing Appalachia gig. Jack talks albums, bands, painting, and much more. There’s […]
Dirt Road Souls
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Dirt Road Souls “Hold on Soul”

November 3, 2025 Ed Donnelly 1
Dirt Road Souls sing about dirt roads, soul, and going home on their new single, ‘Hold on Soul’.  The Boston-based trio released this single in anticipation of their new twelve-song concept album, ‘(The Life and Times […]
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Video: Dean Owens “Wall of Death” – try to escape if you can

November 3, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
The latest single from AUK-favourite Dean Owens rolls and flows, rocking and riding along like the character we follow in Ruth Barrie’s (Waltzer Films) immersive music video. ‘Wall of Death’ uses circus imagery to explore what […]

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Beck “Ride Lonesome”

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Live Review: Levellers, The Meffs, Brakes, Kid Kapichi and Sleeper, Hove Park, Brighton – 5th September 2026

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Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!

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The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin

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Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice

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artwork for Beck album "Ride Lonesome"
Album Reviews

Beck “Ride Lonesome”

September 25, 2026 1
A majestic album with its roots in sadness from celebrated multi-award winner. Long-awaited, Ride Lonesome is eight-time Grammy winner Beck’s first collection of all-new material since Hyperspace some six years ago. All 12 tracks were written […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Levellers, The Meffs, Brakes, Kid Kapichi and Sleeper, Hove Park, Brighton – 5th September 2026

September 25, 2026 0
If only all homecomings could be this joyful. There are homecomings, and then there are homecomings. For the Levellers, returning to Brighton for a huge outdoor show in Hove Park felt like something rather special. Following […]
News

Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!

September 25, 2026 0
One of AUK’s favourite singer-songwriters, who is also an artist and best-selling author, Josh Ritter, will tour the UK and Ireland early next year, following his last album, I Believe In You, My Honeydew. The tour […]

  • Beck “Ride Lonesome”
  • Live Review: Levellers, The Meffs, Brakes, Kid Kapichi and Sleeper, Hove Park, Brighton – 5th September 2026
  • Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin
  • Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice
  • Video Premiere: The Cashville Trash Pandas “Worker’s Song (Handful of Earth)”
  • The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks
  • Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”
  • Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart
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  • Angus MacSwan: "Ride Lonesome" is also a good Western starring Randolph Scott and directed by Budd Boetticher. Any connection, I wonder?
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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How business should be. Preparing and delivering a radio/Mixcloud show that operates under the banner of association with this esteemed website takes some organisation, thought and the occasional biting of tongue when faced with some of […]
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Simone White “Letter To The Last Generation” – Listen

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“First we weren’t sure / Then we ignored / All the way down” sings Simone White on this imaginary letter to a future generation enjoying the world we’ve bequeathed them after our concerted efforts to save […]
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Video: The Lowest Pair “When You Can Get It”

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This is rather lovely from The Lowest Pair.  If you missed them when they were here in May they’ll be back next year in March/April.

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