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Lester Winchester McKendree “They Got It All”

June 4, 2026 FredArnold 0
Legendary trio of roots-rock musicians get together for a rollicking, fine debut. Considering their musical backgrounds, you could label Lester Winchester McKendree as a latent supergroup. Jimmy Lester is a first-class drummer who played in Los […]
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Track Premiere: Phil Hooley “Hope Street”

June 4, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Today’s Americana UK first play comes from Phil Hooley’s third album Everything We’ll Ever Need which was again produced in Nashville by Justin Johnson. Phil’s vocal and guitar is handsomely supported by a host of top […]
Videos

Video: Teddy Thompson “Come Back” – evolve or perish!

June 4, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the brilliant new single from London-born, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson. Come Back is a glorious display of musicianship and songcraft. The song grows steadily, with fine guitar work central to the sound. Typically, for Teddy […]
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Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Buffalo Springfield

June 3, 2026 Hugo Simoes 4
There’s something about Buffalo Springfield. I can’t quite put my finger on it. Their work is shrouded in a haze. That is, it’s hard to look at anything that Stephen Stills or Neil Young did on […]
Album Reviews

Doug Mishkin “Tip Of The Spear”

June 3, 2026 Jeremy Clarke-Williams 0
A veteran activist singer-songwriter releases his latest bulletin on our troubled times, mixed in with more personal musings. Think of protest music, and one thinks of 1960s America, when the Vietnam War, in particular, inspired a […]

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Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”

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Artwork for Jenny Reynolds album "Willow and Stone"

Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

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Patty Loveless and Chris Staplerton at the CMA Awards 2022

Classic Clips: Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” at CMA Awards, 2022

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Teenage Fanclub don’t dare to dream on new album and tour this autumn

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Videos

Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”

July 24, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Alberta’s Starpainter who this week have officially confirmed their new album, Cayenne Flowerbed, which will be out […]
Artwork for Jenny Reynolds album "Willow and Stone"
Album Reviews

Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

July 24, 2026 0
Songs on surviving life from an accomplished singer-songwriter, with hints of jazz amongst the folk rock accompaniment. Jenny Reynolds is a singer-songwriter, initially from Boston but now firmly a part of the Texas scene for the […]
Interviews

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

  • Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”
  • Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”
  • Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward
  • Classic Clips: Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” at CMA Awards, 2022
  • Teenage Fanclub don’t dare to dream on new album and tour this autumn
  • Book Review: Uncut’s “The 200 Greatest Americana Albums…Ranked!”
  • The latest AUK podcast is now available featuring Sophie Moore
  • Bee Appleseed “Escape From The Digital World” – turn off, tune out, fall into the world
  • Video: Sorrel Nation “Ran Jonny Ran” – longing and misplaced loyalty
  • Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects
Billy Bragg Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Chuck Prophet Courtney Marie Andrews Dean Owens Drive By Truckers Emmylou Harris Jason Isbell Johnny Cash John Prine Lucinda Williams Margo Price Neil Young Peter Bruntnell Robert Vincent Ryan Adams Steve Earle Sturgill Simpson The Band The Byrds The Delines Tom Petty Wilco Willie Nelson
  • Jon Heal: I'm interested about how many writers/staf they polled to get these lists together, and using what criteria - as you…
  • Lionel Clement Stanbrook: Great list and imaginative thinking. The spirit, if not the body, of Americana.
  • Jeremy Courtnadge: Nice heads-up. An album to look forward to by an Americana great. Being a bit of a Soul and Motown…

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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]
Interviews

Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

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Yusuf/Cat Stevens releases 50th anniversary boxset of “Teaser and the Firecat”

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Following last year’s 50th anniversaries of the era-defining albums ‘Tea for the Tillerman’ and ‘Mona Bone Jakon’,  Yusuf / Cat Stevens is releasing a new extended version of the 1971 multi-platinum selling follow-up ‘Teaser and the […]
Tracks

Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer “Not Dark Yet” – Listen

August 2, 2017 0
Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer have revealed ‘Is It Too Much’, a song co-written by the sisters and the third track to be taken from their long-awaited collaboration album ‘Not Dark Yet’ which is out 18th […]
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AUK’s EP Round-Up – February 2026

February 19, 2026 0
A new month, but yet the same old wet and windy weather, so what better way to dispel the February blues than immersing ourselves in the eclectic mix of music on offer for the Monthly EPs […]

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