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  • [ August 24, 2026 ] Video: Medium Build “Home Depot” – commiserations with the women stuck in the orbits of these men Videos
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Laura Veirs “Temple Songs”

August 12, 2026 Peter Thompson 0
A welcome and successful return to songwriting and making records. Temple Songs, the 14th solo album released by Laura Veirs, represents something of a comeback for the Portland, Oregon-based singer-songwriter, author, music teacher, podcaster and visual […]
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After six years, Laura Cortese announces new studio album “Lucky Water”

August 12, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Fiddler, singer, and songwriter Laura Cortese has announced Lucky Water, her first new album in six years, will be out on 9th October 2026 on Compass Records. Nearly a decade after moving to Belgium, Cortese has […]
Artwork for StephenJacques album "Les Surfeurs De Santa Cruz"
Album Reviews

Stephen Jacques “Les Surfeurs De Santa Cruz”

August 12, 2026 David Jarman 0
Lyrically and musically evocative surf-themed album from Virginia-based Stephen Jacques. Stephen Jacques’s last release, Pioneers and Fragrant Flowers, was favourably reviewed on these pages last year, our reviewer Fred Arnold praising its dazzling lyrical imagery around […]
News

Isreal Nash saddles up to reimagine Sweetheart of the Rodeo

August 12, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
Self-titled cosmic-country artist Israel Nash has announced his complete reimagination of The Byrds’ iconic album Sweetheart of the Rodeo, which will be released on September 25th. Attempting to reinterpret the landmark record through a modern lens, […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Everette + Ned Swarbrick, 45 Vinyl Café, York – 5th August 2026

August 12, 2026 Andy Short 0
A trip to the fairy tale city of York for an evening’s entertainment at the 45 Vinyl Café in York. With the weather cooling down somewhat, it’s a sold-out show in this amazing café that transforms […]

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Alicia Blue “Country Desire”

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LA band Big Trouble to release their debut album “On Elephant Hill”

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Video: Medium Build “Home Depot” – commiserations with the women stuck in the orbits of these men

August 24, 2026 0
Home Depot is the latest single from Medium Build, also known as singer-songwriter Nick Carpenter. The song tells the story of a character named Steve, who can’t express emotion without having his tools to hand – […]
Videos

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 […]

  • Video: Medium Build “Home Depot” – commiserations with the women stuck in the orbits of these men
  • Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “There Was You”
  • 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
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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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John Hiatt to receive performing-rights honour next month

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Rolling Stone is reporting that americana legend (and he genuinely is) John Hiatt, whose songs have been recorded by everyone from Bonnie Raitt and Willie Nelson to Bob Dylan and Iggy Pop, is going to be […]
Album Reviews

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers “Years” (Bloodshot Records, 2018)

March 28, 2018 0
Following on from their great success and widely-acclaimed debut ‘Sidelong’ released in 2015 which led to the band being signed to Chicago-based Bloodshot Records, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers have returned with their own sophomore effort […]
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Hannah Rose Platt “Letters Under Floorboards” (Continental Records, 2019)

December 13, 2019 0
Hannah Rose Platt’s second album is 11 songs that range from the rock end of Americana all the way to the folkier side. It would be easy for an album of such varied styles to sound bitty […]

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