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Jeffrey Martin “Garden” – lost amongst the life

January 19, 2026 Jonathan Aird 2
Here’s the latest single released from Jeffrey Martin’s new live album “Alive July 25, 2025“, which was recorded with just a few microphones on a packed night at Portland’s legendary haunt, The Showdown. Somehow the recording […]
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Video: Abbie Gardner & Marc Douglas Berardo “Never Go Away”

January 19, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
If you’re lucky enough to have the kind of friendships that never disappear, then you’ll recognise the sentiment in the recent single ‘Never Go Away’ from Abbie Gardner and Marc Douglas Berardo. The song celebrates those […]
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Something for the weekend: This Is Lorelei “SF & GG” – the spirit of Elliott Smith in two minutes

January 16, 2026 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. We leave you with what sounds to these ears like the finest pop song under 2 minutes (one minute and 41 seconds to be precise) I […]
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The Gordon Sharpe Americana UK Book Award 2025

January 16, 2026 Tim Martin 6
We are now into year 3 of our celebration of the best books we reviewed in the previous year. To learn why we have named it for our still missed colleague you can read AUK editor […]
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Classic Clips: Josh Ritter “All Some Kind of Dream” – Paste Studios, New York, 2019

January 16, 2026 Andy Short 0
Josh Ritter was born in Idaho and released his self-titled debut album in 1999 at age 23. This poignant and disquieting song was featured in AUK back in January 2025 following a certain president’s inauguration. A […]

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How community might just save you from yourself (and the world). “However dimly we perceive it, we are living through a change of worlds. The one we were born into is slipping away, reshaped and denuded […]
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On World Book Day 2026, our call for short fiction: Americana stories…

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AUK would like to invite fiction writers to submit short stories inspired by the world of Americana music for publication on Americana UK. Whether it’s a tale sparked by a particular song, a character shaped by […]
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Paul Foglino “Monday Street”

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An album of simplicity, sincerity and songs of reflection. For this album, Foglino has produced twelve songs which seem to provide a reflective look back at life, the power of music and the need to protest. […]

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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]
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Interview: Lady Nade on being involved in a Netflix drama, inspiration, identity and mental health in music

March 2, 2026 0
Runner-up in our readers’ poll for Best UK Artist in 2025, Lady Nade has steadily built a reputation as one of the most distinctive and emotionally resonant voices in UK roots music. Blending jazz, Americana, folk, […]
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Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

February 26, 2026 0
I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]

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Mark Whitfield, AUK Editor: My top 10 tracks of 2021

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Every year in recent times I seem to listen to fewer and fewer whole albums – it’s often a time issue, as creating the monthly supporters’ compilations along with trawling through dozens of submissions every week […]
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Ryan Adams releases first track from new album – Listen

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Remember when this used to happen about six times a year? Rolling Stone reports: “Ryan Adams released the first single, a power ballad called “Do You Still Love Me,” from his forthcoming new album Prisoner, set to […]
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Jon Boden announces Spring 2018 dates

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As both a “him” and a “them”. Ex-Bellowhead frontman Jon Boden will hit the road firstly as a solo act in mid-April, starting at Brecon’s Theatr Brycheiniog before picking up The Remnant Kings later in the month […]

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