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Interview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return

February 23, 2026 Dean Nardi 0
Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]
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Iron And Wine “Hen’s Teeth”

February 23, 2026 Paul Kerr 0
Sam Beam delivers a companion album to 2024’s Light Verse Punted in the publicity handout as a “sibling” album to 2024’s Light Verse, primarily as many of the songs contained here originated at the same sessions, […]
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Loose add another star to their roster as Alela Diane announces a new album

February 23, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
Acclaimed Portland-based singer-songwriter Alela Diane will return with Who’s Keeping Time? on May 22nd via Loose Music/Fluff & Gravy. It serves as the seventh instalment in one of contemporary folk’s most quietly extraordinary careers. On the […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 222 “Festivals”

February 23, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 4
This time of year is bloody bleak. I’m pretty sure I haven’t walked the dog in either sunshine or without being soaked by the elements. Okay, so it’s a fairly first-world whinge given what’s going on […]
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Karen Dahlstrom “Last Of My Line” – it ends here

February 23, 2026 Jonathan Aird 1
Karen Dahlstrom’s new song is poignant and musically striking in itself to be worth featuring here on Americana UK, even without the added attraction of Milk Carton Kid Kenneth Pattengale.  But we bet you want to […]

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Matthew Payne “Better Times”

April 27, 2026 0
Texas Hill Country troubadour releases a very fine debut album. Matthew Payne is a singer-songwriter from the delightfully named Dripping Springs near Austin, Texas. A short bio was included in Graeme Tait’s review of Payne’s excellent […]
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Old Crow Medicine Show “My Side Of The Mountain” – living in the past?

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Well, it looks like all-star week on Tracks might be extending into all-star fortnight, and we’ll admit that we’re somewhat conflicted regarding that, as one of Americana UK’s Track section’s reasons for existence is to bring […]
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Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “The Golden Hour”

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It’s a privilege to premiere the video for The Golden Hour, the opening track from Michael Weston King’s latest album. It’s great to see all the performers at work in precise collaboration; Colin Elliot’s insistent keys, […]

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  • Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “The Golden Hour”
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0
At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Cam Penner + Midnight Skyracer @Celtic Connections, Royal Concert Hall New Auditorium, Glasgow, 18th January 2020

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AUK’s first jaunt at 2020’s Celtic Connections took us to the grand concert hall in the city centre to see a one off show by Canadian Cam Penner and his erstwhile sidekick Jon Wood. It’s a […]
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Lucinda Williams discusses Trump and Tornadoes on new podcast – Listen

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Rolling Stone Country have posted a really interesting interview with Lucinda Williams who despite having a new album out has barely left her new home in East Nashville since the advent of the pandemic. RS calls […]
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Win tickets to Soundscreen film showings with AUK

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The Soundscreen Festival of music and film begins in London from tomorrow until Thursday (29th) next week which features films and live performances across London including venues such as Koko and the 100 Club, and there’s […]

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