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Them Coulee Boys “No Fun in the Chrysalis”

March 7, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

The wait is over. All Them Coulee Boys’ tomorrows are today in this up-close and personable album. Eau Claire Wisconsin’s Them Coulee Boys can’t seem to stop writing songs about change, pulled into its ebbs and […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: The Rough & Tumble

February 28, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler are a musical duo recording under the name the Rough & Tumble. They declined to identify which one was rough and which one tumble, but I have my suspicions. Their latest […]

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Classic Clips: Ray Wylie Hubbard “Count My Blessings” at The Shed, Maryville, Tennessee, 2012

February 28, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

What Oklahoma troubadour Ray Wylie Hubbard calls a “little ditty” is country blues at its finest. On an unseasonably hot September evening in Tennessee, Ray Wylie Hubbard was not showing any signs of slowing down at […]

Interview: Kevin Gordon on “The In-Between”

February 26, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

A lifetime searching for life’s sweet spot and honouring his Louisiana heritage. “The In-Between” is Kevin Gordon’s most distinctive release so far. It is not beholden to the sweet slide guitar and blues rock of 2018’s […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Beau Jennings

February 21, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

While we patiently wait for Oklahoma singer/songwriter/rocker Beau Jennings to finally get his due from everyone who listens to and cares about great Americana music, you should gladly immerse your ears and brain in the brilliance […]

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

September 24, 2026 0

Stephen Eyre is singer and guitarist with South Oxfordshire band Only The Brave. Our Graeme Tait reviewed their debut EP and described them as a band with a bright future in his February EP roundup. Stephen […]

Vox Continental: September 2026

September 24, 2026 0

With the long, hot summer finally fading, it seems like a lot of European artists are keen to get out on tour. Oakland Rain are a Norwegian folk and Americana duo, made up of twin sisters, […]

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

September 24, 2026 0

Family Stereo, most recently seen out supporting the Felice Brothers, is the project of Blake Watt, and Remedy is the opening song on his latest album The Thread, which has been released via Bella Union. It’s […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

News

Two new americana shows hit the UK

October 29, 2019 3

Remember the days when you could tune into your radio on a Sunday night and hear Captain America playing 2 hours of back to back americana before bedtime instead of getting riled by the Westminster Hour? […]

Tracks

Carson Peters “Long Twin Silver Line” – rolling down the tracks

June 26, 2024 0

Carson Peters’ fiery fiddle and vocal deliver this take on Bob Seger’s ‘Long Twin Silver Line‘ in a fine bluegrass style. It’s the second single taken from ‘Silver Bullet Bluegrass‘ a Bluegrass tribute to Bob Seger, […]

News

Frontier Ruckus head to UK for dates next month

February 8, 2017 0

“Enter the Kingdom” is the new album by Detroit indie-folk band Frontier Ruckus which we reviewed last week here and is due out on 17th February in the UK via Loose. It’s their fifth and arguably […]

Articles by Dean Nardi

Them Coulee Boys “No Fun in the Chrysalis”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: The Rough & Tumble

Classic Clips: Ray Wylie Hubbard “Count My Blessings” at The Shed, Maryville, Tennessee, 2012

Interview: Kevin Gordon on “The In-Between”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Beau Jennings

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”

Vox Continental: September 2026

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026