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Month: January 2026

Album Reviews

Tony Poole “Faith In Us”

January 21, 2026 Rick Thorn 3
An album that harks backwards but yet is very much of today. “Faith In Us” is Tony Poole’s first solo album in over fifty years as a musician, and it’s an absolute cracker. If ‘Tardis Rock’ […]
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Odd Marshall “Outta Here” – better be movin’ on

January 21, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
For his second album, “Seconds”, Odd Marshall has surprised himself – by working with his youthful heroes. It came around in an indirect way – when he was turned down by a prominent Canadian producer. It […]
Videos

Video: Lily Frost “Nightbird-Lilith” – resurrecting the myth

January 21, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
This is the latest single from Toronto-based songwriter, musician, producer, and radio host Lily Frost. Opening with dramatic instrumentation, ‘Nightbird-Lilith’ grows in lush, musical layers of harp, accordion, and percussion. Over this soundscape, Frost’s vocal is […]
Brothers Osborne
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Brothers Osborne put out 10th anniversary reissue of “Pawn Shop” in February

January 20, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Award-winning duo Brothers Osborne celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their breakthrough album “Pawn Shop” with the announcement of “Pawn Shop (10 Year Anniversary Edition)”, to be issued on 13th February 2026 via MCA Records. Originally released […]
Striking Matches
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Nashville’s Striking Matches celebrate 10th anniversary of debut with UK tour dates

January 20, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Nashville duo Striking Matches ignited their career with debut “Nothing But The Silence” released on IRS in 2015 and produced by T Bone Burnett. The years between haven’t quite lived up to the start, at least […]

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Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “There Was You”

August 21, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]
Album Reviews

Alicia Blue “Country Desire”

August 21, 2026 0
A confident debut that shows the Nashville-based singer-songwriter has a vigour that sets her apart from the crowd. For singer-songwriter Alicia Blue, Waylon Jennings isn’t so much an influence as someone she calls “a creative angel […]
Features

Classic Clips: Michael Hurley “Rhinefarm Session” – Vineyard at Gundlach Bundschu, 2015

August 21, 2026 0
Michael Hurley died last year, and wasn’t it starting to look like he wasn’t the dying kind? Every now and then someone goes, and it’s only then that you realise what you’d been hoping for: that […]

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  • Alicia Blue “Country Desire”
  • Classic Clips: Michael Hurley “Rhinefarm Session” – Vineyard at Gundlach Bundschu, 2015
  • LA band Big Trouble to release their debut album “On Elephant Hill”
  • Devyn Brinsfield “Dreamers and Losers”
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Mike Scott of The Waterboys
  • Brothers Comatose “High Hopes” – wishing for well
  • Video: Elanor Moss “Fixer” – a doorway into healing
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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
Interviews

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]

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Brendan & the Strangest Ways “We Can Beat Mercury” – Listen

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As part of his landmark series ‘Cosmos‘ the great Carl Sagan made a characteristically softly spoken and reasoned analysis of astrology, and found it was bunkum wrapped up in hokum.  No doubt he’d approve of Brenden […]
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Jarrod Dickenson “Ready The Horses” (Hooked Records, 2017)

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Good God Jarrod can sing. He’s a storyteller with a voice rich as agave nectar; he holds a narrative and bends it however he feels, you hang onto every word. On this set of songs he’s […]
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Video Premiere: Lee Rogers “Barefoot in the Basement” (feat. Foy Vance)

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What sets Lee Rogers apart is the the emotional resonance and authentic feel of his vocals.  His voice is full of storytelling character and it stands out, once again, on ‘Barefoot in the Basement’.  To give […]

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