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Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
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Abigail Lapell “Isabeau” – pay attention at the back…

October 18, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Now this may be a bad choice for a Wednesday morning – not because there’s any concern over the quality of the song but more the form of the song.  Here we are midweek, yearning for […]
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Plastic Harpoons “Meet Me In The Middle” – but not the middle of the road

October 17, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
On their first new single since their debut album last year, Santa Barbara based Plastic Harpoons find themselves slipping into a slightly different gear.  The mood of ‘Meet me In The Middle’ is a downbeat falling […]
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Tyler Ramsey “New Lost Age” – the world is unknowable

October 16, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Tyler Ramsey returns with a new album and a somewhat new sound.  On ‘New Lost Ages‘ – whose title track we’re sharing today – Tyler Ramsey has formed a power trio with bassist Morgan Henderson (Fleet […]
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Uncle Lucius “Civilized Anxiety” – Welcome back, Uncle

October 13, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
You’ll recall long time reader that we’re quite keen on Uncle Lucius, keen enough to wonder whatever happened to them.  Well, as today’s song illustrates after several years on hiatus, Uncle Lucius are back again with […]
Album Reviews

Handsome Ghost “Handsome Ghost”

October 13, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Love and change, change and growth through Indie-Folk. Their self-titled album is, in fact, the third release from Massachusetts alt-folk duo Tim Noyes, who sings and is the main songwriter,  and multi-instrumentalist/producer Eddie Byun.  Handsome Ghost […]

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Classic Clips: Michael Hurley “Rhinefarm Session” – Vineyard at Gundlach Bundschu, 2015

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LA band Big Trouble to release their debut album “On Elephant Hill”

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Album artwork for Devyn Brinsfield's album "Dreamers and Losers"

Devyn Brinsfield “Dreamers and Losers”

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The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Mike Scott of The Waterboys

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Brothers Comatose “High Hopes” – wishing for well

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Features

Classic Clips: Michael Hurley “Rhinefarm Session” – Vineyard at Gundlach Bundschu, 2015

August 21, 2026 0
Michael Hurley died last year, and wasn’t it starting to look like he wasn’t the dying kind? Every now and then someone goes, and it’s only then that you realise what you’d been hoping for: that […]
News

LA band Big Trouble to release their debut album “On Elephant Hill”

August 21, 2026 0
On Elephant Hill is the debut album from Big Trouble, the Los Angeles-based project led by Justin Kohlberg (Moonrun) and Daniel Talamantes and it’s scheduled for release on the 18th of September on Royal Oakie Records. […]
Album artwork for Devyn Brinsfield's album "Dreamers and Losers"
Album Reviews

Devyn Brinsfield “Dreamers and Losers”

August 21, 2026 0
Proper country, raw and honest and raucous. Devyn Brinsfield is one of those characters with a backstory that you would dismiss as being unbelievable if you didn’t know better. Still employed as a school bus driver […]

  • Classic Clips: Michael Hurley “Rhinefarm Session” – Vineyard at Gundlach Bundschu, 2015
  • LA band Big Trouble to release their debut album “On Elephant Hill”
  • Devyn Brinsfield “Dreamers and Losers”
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Mike Scott of The Waterboys
  • Brothers Comatose “High Hopes” – wishing for well
  • Video: Elanor Moss “Fixer” – a doorway into healing
  • Anniversary Cheers: “Buena Vista Social Club” celebrates 30 years
  • Preview: The Long Road Festival of Country, Americana and Roots, 27th-30th August Stanford Hall Leicestershire
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  • Book Review: Jeff Apter “King of Hearts, Roy Orbison”
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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
Interviews

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]

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Night Flight “Exit Stage Left”

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An Elliott Smith-inspired, soulful, and introspective chillout set of songs. Not to be confused with a similarly named Swedish rock band, London’s Night Flight are now on their third album – and again, there’s no connection […]
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Kate Ellis “Scars” – have you considered couples therapy?

January 14, 2022 0
Kate Ellis’ new single highlights its Americana credential by using not one but two AMA-UK instrumentalist award winners – Chris Hillman on electric guitar and Thomas Collison on keyboards.  The song is taken from Kate Ellis’ […]
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Video: Winter Wilson “Far Off On The Horizon”

January 22, 2018 0
The title track from Winter Wilson’s latest album and very lovely it is too.  You can catch them on tour with Fairport Convention throughout January and February.

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