Emily Dongray

Greensky Bluegrass release new single ahead of new album

November 4, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

Greensky Bluegrass from Kalamazoo, Michigan, has released a brand new single and announced their upcoming album. Thirty Tigers releases ‘Stress Dreams‘ on January 21st, and the first single ‘Monument‘ is available to stream now. This, their […]

Band of Horses announce tour, includes three UK dates

November 3, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

Band of Horses has announced the ‘Things are Great‘ tour to support their new album of the same name. The new album and tour come a full five years after ‘Why are you OK?‘ and will […]

Willie Nelson to release new album on November 15th

October 29, 2021 Emily Dongray 1

Legend Willie Nelson’s twenty-fifth studio album ‘Family Bible‘ will be released on November 19th on Legacy Recordings. To the disappointment of vinyl enthusiasts, it will be only available on CD and digital. Nelson sings and plays […]

Doc Watson’s “Life’s Work: A Retrospective” available for pre-order

October 27, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

Craft Recordings will release a career-spanning collection on CD and digital platforms on November 12th. The 101 track box set includes his best-known hits’ Intoxicated Rat‘, ‘Dock Boggs’ ‘Country Blues‘ and ‘Black Mountain Rag‘. ‘Tennessee Stud’. The […]

Doc n’Roll Film Festivals return this week

October 26, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

After cancelling last year, the national festival of music documentaries returns for the eighth Doc n’ Roll. The programme includes 34 feature-length music documentaries plus eight shorts, screening in 11 cities across the United Kingdom and […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 1

It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]

Artwork for Lisa Bouchelle album "Vandals Thieves and Lovers"

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

September 23, 2026 0

Classy vocals from Lisa Bouchelle are front and centre of a fine country soul collection, featuring Amanda Shires, with some unexpected twists. It’s always a pleasure as a reviewer to discover a new top vocalist – […]

Album art for Mac Cornish album "Wayfaring Woman"

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

September 23, 2026 0

Californian singer reminds you of the days when country music was country music, and that’s no bad thing. Mac Cornish grew up on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains in northern California, where she […]

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. […]

Album Reviews

Malcolm Holcombe “Bits and Pieces”

June 8, 2023 0

One more collection of peerless Holcombe vignettes for the road. Musicians often talk of their existential need to create. Making music, they say, is something essential to their being, it is not a choice they make […]

Interviews

Interview: Doug Paisley on adapting to middle age and revisiting older songs

March 21, 2023 0

Songs selected and produced by Bahamas with a touch of the real world. What do you do as you approach middle age and it is fifteen years since you released your debut album? If you are […]

Features

AmericanA-Z – The Jayhawks

March 26, 2019 6

Though the roots of Americana go back decades, it was the early 1990s when the sounds we love started to coalesce into a proto-genre. Generally viewed then as alt-country, two bands on the same circuit emerged […]

Articles by Emily Dongray

Greensky Bluegrass release new single ahead of new album

Band of Horses announce tour, includes three UK dates

Willie Nelson to release new album on November 15th

Doc Watson’s “Life’s Work: A Retrospective” available for pre-order

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

Sarah McQuaid takes to the road again in the UK in November

Levi Foster “Appalachian Funk Tree”