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About Jonathan Aird
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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Midlake & John Grant “You Don’t Get To” – no quitters

October 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
So, we were mentioning that John Grant and Midlake had a new double A side single, and doubtless you were wondering, dear reader, what the other A Side was like?  Well, it is quite simply John […]
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Track Premiere: The International Treasures “Leave A Little Love”

October 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
It takes no lack of confidence to name your band The International Treasures, and a little more yet to call your album ‘Together, We Are The International Treasures‘.  But it also takes a certain amount of […]
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Midlake & John Grant “Roadrunner Blues” – at a 1,000 mile per hour

October 9, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
To be honest after the recent sighting of John Grant the next news we were expecting was that there would be an album with Richard Hawley of the Patsy Cline songs.  And maybe that’ll be the […]
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Jeffrey Martin “Red Station Wagon” – redemption, please

October 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
This wild eyed musician is Jeffrey Martin and he is the writer of complex narratives, a singer of songs made for thinking about and a considerer of the possibilities of change – that one needn’t be […]
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Just Because…

October 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Where to start?  What’s the most bizarre part of yesterday’s speech?  The suggestion that what we need after 13 years of the current party is a wind of change – and change of that kind can […]

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Alicia Blue “Country Desire”

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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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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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Album Reviews

Alicia Blue “Country Desire”

August 21, 2026 0
A confident debut that shows the Nashville-based singer-songwriter has a vigour that sets her apart from the crowd. For singer-songwriter Alicia Blue, Waylon Jennings isn’t so much an influence as someone she calls “a creative angel […]
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 […]
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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. […]

  • Alicia Blue “Country Desire”
  • 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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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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An impressive debut that suggests the band has what it takes for the long haul. While Brother Elsey may not be a full band of brothers, the name isn’t actually a misnomer since the group is […]
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New album and tour dates announced from Jake Xerxes Fussell

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Singer, guitarist, and folk music interpreter Jake Xerxes Fussell has announced his new album, ‘When I’m Called’.  It’s his debut for Fat Possum and is out on 12th July alongside its lead single, ‘Going To Georgia’.  […]
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Bobby Lee “Reds For A Blue Planet” – Cosmic-Drone-Americana

January 25, 2023 0
Can we really have reached the end of January without an instrumental track feature?  Seems so, and that doubtless explains why January has been such a drag – I mean, not even a few minutes to […]

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