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Something for the weekend: Shack “Comedy”

December 12, 2025 Mark Whitfield 8
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and what a track to leave you with this week. Yesterday morning I was listening to 6 Music (I’m learning to tolerate Nick Grimshaw by being […]
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It’s the 2025 AUK Readers Poll! Vote for your favourite americana from the last year

December 11, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0
It’s your last chance to vote in our annual readers poll in which we ask you to reflect on the last 12 months (well, 11) and choose your favourite americana, the stuff that’s resonated with you […]
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Something for the weekend: Joy Oladokun feat. Sheryl Crow “I’d Miss the Birds”

December 5, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you’re an AUK supporter, your monthly newsletter will be with you at 5pm with our exclusive end of year best of 2025 playlist which we […]
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Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Lucy Mellenfield live

December 5, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0
Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Mavis Staples, Mariel Buckley, The Dreaming Spires, Aimee Mann […]
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Something for the weekend: Luke Tuchscherer “Whose Side Are You On?”

November 28, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you haven’t voted in our readers poll yet, there’s still plenty of time to fix it for your favourite artist. While we doze into our […]

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All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

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Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

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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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All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

July 1, 2026 0
The music of Alton and Rabon Delmore continues to influence generations of singers and songwriters across multiple genres. From their first appearance as the Delmore Brothers at the 1926 Athens Fiddlers Convention, their intricate harmonies took […]
Album Reviews

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

July 1, 2026 0
Unfashionable but influential collaborative indie singer-songwriter enjoys a career-spanning retrospective following her untimely death earlier this year. Lynn Blakey was not a name that gained a great deal of traction commercially but she was an influential […]
Maisy Owen
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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 […]

  • All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October
  • Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”
  • 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”
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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Video: Wayne Hancock “I Killed Them Both”

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Video: Hiss Golden Messenger “Sanctuary”

January 20, 2021 0
Honest and beautiful.  This is the new single from Hiss Golden Messenger, whose seventh full-length release, ‘Terms of Surrender’, is nominated for Best Americana Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards. ‘Sanctuary’ is a heartfelt song that […]
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John Lennon “Only People” – Listen

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Hey – want to feel old ?  Well, if things had gone better then Dr Winston O’Boogie  would have been eighty today.  That’s worth a “Wow!”   And we know things didn’t go right in this reality, […]

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