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Happy New Year from all of us here at AUK

January 4, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0
Morning! Happy new year to you dear reader, we hope you had a good one whatever you got up to. We are back today for the next 352 with our usual a la carte menu of […]
News

Happy Christmas from all of us here at AUK – 7,729 reasons to donate to this Gaza appeal if you can

December 22, 2023 Mark Whitfield 8
Well that’s it from us for another year dear reader. Before we head off, I must give a shout out to both Rick Bayles, our Books Editor, and Alan Fitter, our EPs Editor, who are both […]
Features

Here are the results of the Americana UK Readers’ Poll 2023

December 22, 2023 Mark Whitfield 3
Well here they are – as always on our last day of publishing for the year, we can share with you the results of this year’s readers poll, one of the busiest we’ve had in recent […]
Features

Americana UK’s Top 20 Albums of 2023: Part Two, 10-1

December 21, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
After huddling with a bottle of parfait amour and a chopping board, we Americana UK writers have nailed down our top 20 albums of 2023. How did we do it? Every writer selected their album of […]
Features

Americana UK’s Top 20 Albums of 2023: Part One, 20-11

December 20, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1
Here at AUK Towers, like all loving families, we fight – a lot – over who has used the last of the milk, left the washing up in the sink, accidentally locked the cat in the […]

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Jake Bugg announces a fortnight of intimate record store appearances

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From Dutch TV programme Toppop March 1972

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

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Album art for The Oystermen, "Darn Tootin"

The Oystermen “Darn Tootin”

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Our new supporters playlist is out today – win a pair of tickets to 2027’s Cambridge Folk Festival

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October 2, 2026 0
Joe Martin live at The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 26th September 2026

Live Review: Joe Martin + Maggie May Treanor, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 26th September 2026

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Jake Bugg
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Jake Bugg announces a fortnight of intimate record store appearances

October 2, 2026 0
To celebrate the release of his new album Alamo, which will be released on 13th November 2026 on Thirty Tigers, Jake Bugg has announced he will celebrate the release with a run of November in-store dates. […]
From Dutch TV programme Toppop March 1972
Classic Clips

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

October 2, 2026 0
In another part of the AUK jungle, I’ve been reading Chris Hillman’s autobiography, Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother and Beyond, for an upcoming Paperback Riders article. And it gave me reason to […]
Album art for The Oystermen, "Darn Tootin"
Album Reviews

The Oystermen “Darn Tootin”

October 2, 2026 0
Brooklyn-based The Oystermen raise the mood with a set of energetic, infectious good-time tunes that are guaranteed to put a smile on your face. The Oystermen describe themselves as “a trumpet-and-guitar Americana band from Brooklyn that […]

  • 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
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Boulder Fields and Mary Gauthier
  • Michael Hurley “The Werewolf Song” – howls at the moon
  • Video Premiere: Afton Wolfe & The Snake Hunters “Slingshots”
  • Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists: AUK Readers’ Choice
  • Lawrence Rothman “Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust”
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  • Peter Thompson: It's interesting to think of the differing, sometimes circuitous routes that we follow to find music that we enjoy.
  • Andy Short: Thanks Brian, and so begins list three. McMurtry currently on tour in the UK. Catch Chuck at Americana UK25 in…
  • Andy Short: All from readers comments this time so it was great fun. Some of the songs I hadn't heard for a…

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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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Lucky Came To Town “The River Knows My Name”

January 16, 2026 0
Excellent debut from the Hageland Hills of Belgium. When you ponder Belgium, you wouldn’t immediately consider it a hotbed of americana music. You would most likely think of their excellent footballers, chocolates, and even a fictional […]
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Video Premiere: Greg Felden “Made Of Strings”

September 9, 2019 0
This is the title track from Greg Felden’s new album, out now.  We called the album “remarkable” and this is a great taster for it, with a powerful and poignant video directed by Joe Peeler to […]
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Whatever Happened to… The Kennedys/The Strangelings

September 7, 2021 0
We’re back from our summer recess with a new round of “Whatever Happened to…” and we kick off with a name that resonates loudly in American folk circles without registering a great deal of awareness on […]

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