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Our new supporters playlist comes out today with a double giveaway – win tickets to see BEATrio and Transatlantic Sessions live

January 9, 2026 Mark Whitfield 0
If you’re not subscribing to our monthly supporters newsletter you’ll be missing out on our exclusive supporters playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month which this month includes new tracks by […]
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Merry Christmas to all our readers from the AUK team

December 23, 2025 Mark Whitfield 5
Well that’s it from us for this year. A huge thank you to you our readers for your ongoing support and sticking with us through typos, glitches and accidentally posting in the middle of the night. […]
Features

Here are the results of the Americana UK Readers’ Poll 2025

December 23, 2025 Mark Whitfield 14
So here we go again – as is tradition, on our last day of publishing for the year, we can share with you the results of this year’s readers poll in which hundreds of you voted […]
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Americana UK’s album of 2025 is The Delines “Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom”

December 22, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1
It might have seemed that this choice was on the cards all along, Americana UK has hardly hidden its collective love for The Delines under a bushel – but then look at the rest of the […]
Mavis Staples
Features

Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2025: 10-2

December 22, 2025 Mark Whitfield 4
On Friday we began our countdown of our favourite albums of the year as collectively chosen by AUK’s writing team. We continue our countdown today from 10-2, and at 2pm we’ll be announcing our album of […]

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Maisy Owen

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

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Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album

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Styrofoam Winos “Somebody Wants To Send You A Message” – it comes and goes

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Video: Rachael Sage & The Sequins “Nexus (Acoustic)”

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More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

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Maisy Owen
Live Reviews

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

July 1, 2026 0
It was a hot evening in London as the audience for Maisy Owen’s first London show gathered at the Theatreship moored at Docklands’ South Quay. The ship is a converted barge with outside and inside bars […]
News

Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album

July 1, 2026 0
My Morning Jacket’s Jim James has announced the release of his new album, Wowed Out, which is due out on 28th August via ATO Records. The 3x GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and founding member […]
Tracks

Styrofoam Winos “Somebody Wants To Send You A Message” – it comes and goes

July 1, 2026 0
A decade ago, three employees of JJ’s Market and Cafe became Styrofoam Winos. Lou Turner, Trevor Nikrant, and Joe Kenkel bonded over their mutual adoration for Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, and dollar bin country […]

  • Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026
  • Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album
  • Styrofoam Winos “Somebody Wants To Send You A Message” – it comes and goes
  • Video: Rachael Sage & The Sequins “Nexus (Acoustic)”
  • More People Really Should Know About: David Borné
  • Ian Prowse “No Names”
  • New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline
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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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Live Reviews

Black Deer Festival – Eridge Park, 22nd-24th June 2018

June 27, 2018 1
Every festival I’ve been to for the last 5 years has ended up as kind of tsunami of varying proportions, and if you believe it’s all evidence of the Gods’ passing judgement on the headliners, then […]
Videos

Watch Tyler Childers performing “Country Squire”

December 20, 2019 0
We do love a bit of Tyler Childers here on AUK and earlier in the week he was the musical guest on Late Night With Seth Meyers Monday night, performing the title track from his rather […]
Album Reviews

Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ “Room On The Porch”

June 18, 2025 0
“Hello, friend. Grab yourself a chair, sit yourself down…” An invitation from two blues masters you can’t resist. The last time they teamed up, the venerable blues artist Taj Mahal and the relative whippersnapper Keb’ Mo’ […]

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