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Videos

Video: Southbound Attic Band “Song For Stan”

June 16, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Southbound Attic Band are one of our favourite bands from our hometown (of Liverpool) and they’ve released a track from their forthcoming album “Seekers of Solace” dedicated to Stan Ambrose, producer and presenter of Folkscene on BBC […]
News

Jack White’s Third Man Records signs Joshua Hedley

June 16, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Did you know if you go to Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nasvhille you can record a vinyl record which one of those machines spits out like some kind of voodoo magic?  Anyway, RS Country […]
News

New Richard Thompson acoustic album lands August

June 16, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
As we reported last month, folk legend Richard Thompson will release Acoustic Classics Vol. II on his own Beeswing record label, distributed via Proper, on August 11. On the heels of Acoustic Classics in 2014, the […]
News

Sarah Jane Scouten heads to UK for dates

June 15, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Two-time Canadian Folk Music Award Nominee, Sarah Jane Scouten will release her new album “When The Bloom Falls From The Rose” tomorrow which includes the new bluesy-rockabilly single Bang Bang that we previewed last week.  Observant […]
News

RS Country publishes track by track guide to new Jason Isbell

June 15, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Only one day to wait now for the new Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit album and in order to whet your appetite RS Country have published an extensive track by track guide to it with […]

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Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017

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Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson

October 2, 2026 1
We’re sorry to end this week with some sad news for regular readers which some of you will know already via social media. It’s been a very tough last few days for us as a team […]
AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

October 2, 2026 0
Kyp Harness makes music on his own terms and has been doing it for 35 years. He is prolific, having put out 20 independent albums of storytelling and melody, with his latest (Lovely) released in April […]
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Album Reviews

Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

October 2, 2026 0
Musical pursuits in the heart of rural Canadian life. Not only outside the music industry but within its margins (much less frequently at its very core), there are those for whom music is one of several […]

  • Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson
  • Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness
  • Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”
  • Jake Bugg announces a fortnight of intimate record store appearances
  • Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017
  • The Oystermen “Darn Tootin”
  • Our new supporters playlist is out today – win a pair of tickets to 2027’s Cambridge Folk Festival
  • Live Review: Joe Martin + Maggie May Treanor, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 26th September 2026
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  • Michael Hurley “The Werewolf Song” – howls at the moon
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Interviews

Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Tracks

Rick Deitrick “Movin’ On” – Lost guitar magic, refound

September 2, 2021 0
Tompkins Square, the purveyor of “lost” albums as limited vinyl releases and Bandcamp (and elsewhere) digital releases have yet another beauty of a release in the form of Rick Deitrick’s ‘Coyote Canyon‘.  This consists of seven […]
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Dusty Wright “Tree Of Life” – Listen to the rumbling rock

May 27, 2021 0
We featured Dusty Wright a few weeks ago with his cover of a song from The Dead, and here he is again with a song about Life.  The ‘Tree of Life‘ is on one part an […]
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Jeff Karoub “Between The Commas” – life is fleeting

April 3, 2023 0
‘Between the Commas‘ is the title track of Jeff Karoub’s new album – his fifth album and his first full-length release since ‘Pieces Break‘ came out in 2019.   It’s an album – and a song – […]

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