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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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Josh Ritter “Honey I Do” – You Are Not Alone

March 27, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
‘Honey I Do‘ is the latest single to be released in advance of the the new album ‘Spectral Lines‘ which will be released on April 28th via Thirty Tigers.  ‘Honey I Do‘ is full of all […]
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Eilen Jewell “Lethal Love” – you or nobody

March 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Eilen Jewell could be forgiven for reflecting that life can throw you a curve ball or two, and she does say that “They say things have to get worse before they can get better and for […]
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Track Premiere: C.M. Talkington “Greenlight”

March 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Greenlight‘ is taken from the new album ‘Texas Radio‘ that is released today by C.M. Talkington on Birs Recordings.  It’s an album that in part mirrors another part of his life – Carty Talkington is perhaps […]
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Eamon McGrath “Fireworks” – explosions in the sky

March 23, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Eamon McGrath finds himself tongue-tied on his most recent single, taken from the album ‘A Dizzying Lust’ which is released on March 31st.  It’s a paradoxical situation though as he describes having “most of the English […]
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Track Premiere: Leeann Skoda “Can’t Let Go”

March 23, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
You may, after a little while, feel like you recognise this song – and that’s not so inexplicable as this is a cover of a song best know for the version by Mariah Carey.  Gone, though, […]

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

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

Devyn Brinsfield “Dreamers and Losers”

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August 21, 2026 3
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
  • 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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  • Rick Bayles: Great story!
  • Devyn Brinsfield: I’ll need to fly across the pond. I hear you guys actually like good country over there.
  • Ben Yelton: My pleasure my man - loved the album! Good luck

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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, […]
Waylon Payne Press Photo July 2026
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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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Video: Martha Tilston “Sadness of the Sea”

September 28, 2021 0
Featuring piano that rolls and sways in waves, the new single from Martha Tilston is breathtakingly beautiful.  Everything rests upon those flowing keys.  Tilston’s pure voice is emotionally resonant, well-supported by delicate backing vocals and flourishes […]
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Video: Murphykid “Wolf”

September 25, 2018 0
This is a wonderful video for the new single from the debut album Skeleton, out on October 12th, from Yorkshire man Murphykid. Originally recorded in 2004, the reel to reel tapes they were put down on […]
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AUK Short Cuts – November 2022

November 9, 2022 0
Welcome to our second Short Cuts 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 […]

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