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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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Mouths Of Babes “Summertime” – the living is, apparently, easy

September 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
There seems to be so much irony around this song – truth comes out of the mouths of babes of course, but just possibly the idea here is that Ty Greenstein and Ingrid Elizabeth are Babes […]
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Track Premiere: Rod Picott “Next Man In Line”

September 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
Americana UK has the enormous pleasure of premiering ‘Next Man in Line‘, a new song from Rod Picott taken from his upcoming new album ‘Starlight Tour‘ – his 12th album in a 23 years plus musical […]
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Rachel Sumner “Radium Girls (Curie Eleison)” – all for a glowing watch face

September 4, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Rachel Sumner has been garnering some acclaim through a number of prize nominations, amongst other things – the past three years alone has seen: Kerrville New Folk Finalist; Great River Folk Festival Finalist; Chris Austin Songwriting […]
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Margo Cilker “With The Middle” – Between the coffee and the wine

September 4, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
What a song we have to start the week – Margo Cilker’s new album ‘Valley Of Heart’s Delight,’ (15th September) just gives and gives with songs drip-fed as singles that are so perfect in every way.  […]
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Hannah White “Chain Of Ours” – Listen

September 1, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
It’s been a good year for Hannah White, who won the song of the year award from the Americana Music Association UK back in January.  She returns today with a new song from her latest album […]

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Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “There Was You”

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August 21, 2026 1

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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Videos

Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “There Was You”

August 21, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]
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 […]

  • Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “There Was You”
  • 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
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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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Archie Faulks “It Rains” – Listen

August 23, 2018 0
A couple of weeks ago we’d have said “not around here it doesn’t“, but, well, times change, don’t they though ?   On his new single ‘It Rains‘ Archie Faulks has crafted a string rich ballad that’s […]
Book Reviews

Book Review – Margo Price “Maybe We’ll Make It”

February 6, 2023 0
We’re a bit late to the pass with this one, as it was released in the latter part of last year, but we didn’t want to miss out on a chance to review a book from […]
Videos

Video: Margo Price “A Little Pain”

February 27, 2018 0
From her excellent album All American Made, this is the excellent new single from country star Margo Price.

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