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Interview: William Bell

February 15, 2018 Iain Patience 0
As the Americana world expands almost daily in terms of what its defining characteristics are, we are seeing musicians and artists from the likes of the blues and soul arenas crossing over more and more. William […]
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Interview: David Rawlings

October 5, 2017 Iain Patience 0
David Rawlings is quite the guy these days. A still youthful picker with an extraordinary command of the roots and traditional end of US country music, Rawlings has been plying his trade for many years, always […]
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Interview: Steve Earle

September 19, 2017 Iain Patience 0
Long regarded as one of Nashville’s most important songwriters, Steve Earle chats about new album, Waylon and Guy Clark with Americana UK’s Iain Patience: If there’s anyone out there in music land who might truly be […]

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AUK Shortcuts: Scott Cook, The Mighty Bosscats, Leslie Waugh, Nick Brown, Wilder Adkins, Copperline, Rose Gerber, Admiral Radio, Uncle Lucius, and Big Bob in the Sky

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Artwork for Very Old Morris album “Boogedy Boodedy Boogedy Shoop”

Very Old Morris “Boogedy Boogedy Boogedy Shoop”

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Solo debut from New Jersey singer-songwriter Sheila Vee out in November

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Lauren Housley live at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 9th October 2026

Live Review: Lauren Housley, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 9th October 2026

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Album artwork for The Talking Heart album Memory Lane

The Talking Hearts “Memory Lane”

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Album Reviews

AUK Shortcuts: Scott Cook, The Mighty Bosscats, Leslie Waugh, Nick Brown, Wilder Adkins, Copperline, Rose Gerber, Admiral Radio, Uncle Lucius, and Big Bob in the Sky

October 15, 2026 0
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, […]
Artwork for Very Old Morris album “Boogedy Boodedy Boogedy Shoop”
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Very Old Morris “Boogedy Boogedy Boogedy Shoop”

October 15, 2026 0
Sophomore album from alt-country act is an affectionate but irreverent take on 90s radio country to great effect and real emotional depth. Let’s deal with the elephant in the room first: there are many “humorous” records […]
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Solo debut from New Jersey singer-songwriter Sheila Vee out in November

October 15, 2026 0
Sheila Vee, the New Jersey–based singer-songwriter and guitarist, will release her debut solo album, Ride, on 6th November 2026 via Ampersand Records. The record was produced by longtime collaborator Bob Harris of the bluegrass band Borderline, […]

  • AUK Shortcuts: Scott Cook, The Mighty Bosscats, Leslie Waugh, Nick Brown, Wilder Adkins, Copperline, Rose Gerber, Admiral Radio, Uncle Lucius, and Big Bob in the Sky
  • Very Old Morris “Boogedy Boogedy Boogedy Shoop”
  • Solo debut from New Jersey singer-songwriter Sheila Vee out in November
  • Live Review: Lauren Housley, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 9th October 2026
  • The Talking Hearts “Memory Lane”
  • Katie Pruitt “Fools for the Fleeting”
  • Track Premiere: Hunter Moss “Let You Down”
  • Video: David Haerle “Carolyn” – the mental strain of letting go
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Great Lakes “Fear of the Fear”
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Interview: Wesley Stace “I’m never satisfied with my artistic output”

October 13, 2026 0
Since his birth in Sussex in 1965, Wesley Stace has become a man of all colours, releasing 21 albums (17 under the nom de auteur-interprète John Wesley Harding), writing four books, organising the Cabinet of Wonders […]
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]

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Looking forward to New Year ‘Snow’

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Something to warm your hearts in this bleak winter, for it will be a great New Year as New Year (the Band) are releasing their first new material for 9 long years. On April 28th Snow will be […]
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Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2024: 20-11

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So we have reached the end of another year here at AUK and the bombardment of new music has once again been relentless – we’ve been sent so much that it’s often difficult to keep up […]
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Sam Burton “I Can Go With You” (Tompkins Square, 2020)

November 16, 2020 0
A moody, woozy debut album, given life in the salt flats of Utah. ‘Downer Folk’ is what the PR blurb calls it; quite succinctly put too. Drenched in echo, Burton’s voice is as sad as Orbison […]

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