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Album Reviews

My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

September 3, 2026 Jeremy Clarke-Williams 0
Melody and heartfelt ruminations on family, life and love combine to winning effect on a timeless album. My Girl The River sees Kris Wilkinson Hughes collaborating with husband Joe and daughter Rue, and this wonderfully honest […]
Album Reviews

Ferris & Sylvester “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 26, 2026 Jeremy Clarke-Williams 0
Lush romanticism, married with a melting pot of musical styles, informs a confident and commercial new album from a musical couple in control. In his excellent Rough Guide to Country Music, Kurt Wolff devotes a chapter […]
Album Reviews

Various Artists “Sittin’ with Blaze, A Tribute to Blaze Foley”

August 4, 2026 Jeremy Clarke-Williams 0
A timely and heartfelt tribute to the late, lamented Blaze Foley reminds us of the ongoing quality and influence of a great songwriter. What is the ‘various artists’ tribute album for? Most obviously, it provides an […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 Jeremy Clarke-Williams 2
When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]
Album Reviews

Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”

July 27, 2026 Jeremy Clarke-Williams 0
A labour of love, twenty years in the making from renowned Irish singer-songwriter. It is more than twenty years since Mick Flannery released his debut album Evening Train, but the tale it told of (as he puts […]

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David Banks to release self recorded second album on Clubhouse Records

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Leon Majcen “The Leaving Kind”

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelei “The Kid with the Crown”

September 11, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week – it is unbelievable that 9/11 was a quarter of a century ago. I asked my son what it was the other day and he said “the number […]
Album Reviews

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “Ghosts of American Psychonauts”

September 11, 2026 0
Eight exquisite live performances from a master songwriter. Bonnie “Prince” Billy (aka Will Oldham) is no stranger to releasing live albums. Over the past 25 years he’s produced numerous live recordings under his various aliases. This […]
Classic Clips

Classic Clip: Crosby Stills Nash & Young “Don’t Be Denied” – Wembley Stadium, 1974

September 11, 2026 0
The early autumn of 1974 saw a gathering of fans of what later contributed a slice of the pie known as Americana. The occasion: an all-star concert at London’s Wembley Stadium (the old one) featuring Crosby, […]

  • Something for the weekend: This is Lorelei “The Kid with the Crown”
  • Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “Ghosts of American Psychonauts”
  • Classic Clip: Crosby Stills Nash & Young “Don’t Be Denied” – Wembley Stadium, 1974
  • David Banks to release self recorded second album on Clubhouse Records
  • Leon Majcen “The Leaving Kind”
  • The latest AUK podcast is now available featuring Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reid and Jason McNiff
  • Winter Stanley “Long Division” – carry the residual, man, carry the residual
  • Video: Amy Speace “Days of Letting Go” – from a poem to a song to a poem
  • Fruition “Something More”
  • Americana Stories – John Jenkins “Just One of Those Nights”
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  • Peter Thompson: Thanks Andy; Me & Magdalena is another great song (from a really good album) recorded under The Monkees moniker, albeit…
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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. […]
Interviews

Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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The burly, bearded man you see hugging his Gibson J45 guitar in the video is Niklas (Nick) Meltio, who comes from Finland but is smitten by americana music. His debut album, “Desert Bound,” reflects the allure […]
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Clive Gregson & Liz Simcock “Underwater Dancing” (Gregsongs, 2017)

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Clive Gregson’s musical pedigree – not only as the founder in 1975 of his band, Any Trouble, and his work with Richard Thompson, but also in the partnership he forged with Christine Collister over five albums […]
Essentials

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists

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It has long been a tradition in music for artists to cover their favourite songs. Some take the original to the next level, while others are straight copies; some are plain weird, and finally, there are […]

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