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About Martin Johnson
I've been a music obsessive for more years than I care to admit to. Part of my enjoyment from music comes from discovering new sounds and artists while continuing to explore the roots of American 20th century music that has impacted the whole of world culture.
Interviews

Interview: Aoife O’Donovan explains why she is far from apathetic about music

February 15, 2022 Martin Johnson 2
How the pandemic and Joe Henry brought musical space and enabled a weird type of collaboration. Aoife O’Donovan is a serial collaborator who also enjoys a solo career within the folk rock and americana genres, but […]
Interviews

Interview: Seafarer Matthew Herd on songwriting and odd-jobbing on his own recordings

February 8, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
John Martyn’s unique folk-jazz blend influences new 21st Century music. The Seafarers play a jazz folk hybrid that is the creation of Matthew Herd and while they have been around for nearly ten years, they are […]
Album Reviews

The Pine Hearts “Lost Love Songs”

February 4, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Pacific North West bluegrass with echoes of punk and funk. The term bluegrass was coined in 1965 for the genre of music created in the ‘40s by Bill Monroe whose backing band was called the Blue […]
Interviews

Interview: Matt North on how drumming and screenwriting made him a songwriter

February 2, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Get the best, how Matt North got Wilco’s producer, Lucinda Williams’ guitarist, Emmylou Harris’s bassist, and Chris Stapleton’s keyboardist to work with him. There aren’t many singer-songwriters who get to middle-age before starting their solo recording […]
Obituaries

The Song Remains: Hargus “Pig” Robbins 1938 – 2022

February 1, 2022 Martin Johnson 2
Probably the greatest, and definitely the most influential, country music piano player of all time. The piano may be a ubiquitous part of the classic country sound, but this has not always been the case. In […]

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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: 7th = Jason Isbell “If We Were Vampires” (2017)

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Maximiano “Rokeby”

Album Reviews
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Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support live cover

Live Review: Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support + Vic Allen, The Grace, London – 25th March 2026

Live Reviews
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Cover of "Concerns of Wasp and Willow" by The Corner Laughers

The Corner Laughers “Concerns of Wasp and Willow”

Album Reviews
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Jim Lauderdale releases 38th album to coincide with Emmylou Harris supporting tour

News
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Jason Isbell live February 14th, 2014
Features

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: 7th = Jason Isbell “If We Were Vampires” (2017)

April 1, 2026 1
Four songs obtained the same number of points but have been split by the number of writers who voted for it. The same number of people (5) voted for this song as one other, but by […]
Album Reviews

Maximiano “Rokeby”

April 1, 2026 0
Maximiano’s second release is an open-hearted, intimate reflection on suffering and change in a divided nation. Out of a ten-day dog-sitting stint in the countryside came Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter Maximiano’s second release: Rokeby. Rokeby is the name […]
Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support live cover
Live Reviews

Live Review: Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support + Vic Allen, The Grace, London – 25th March 2026

April 1, 2026 0
A minute’s walk from the Highbury and Islington station is a two-storey venue where concerts take place almost daily. In front is a rambunctious queue, whose comments in Italian identify those awaiting as fans of the […]

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  • Maximiano “Rokeby”
  • Live Review: Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support + Vic Allen, The Grace, London – 25th March 2026
  • The Corner Laughers “Concerns of Wasp and Willow”
  • Jim Lauderdale releases 38th album to coincide with Emmylou Harris supporting tour
  • Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”
  • The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 8th Gretchen Peters “The Matador” (2012)
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Interviews

Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”

April 1, 2026 0
Few artists write with the kind of raw honesty and emotional depth that Foy Vance brings to his music. Across a career that has steadily unfolded over the last two decades, Vance has crafted songs that […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0
When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]
Interviews

Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]

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Tracks

Kyle McKearney “Rearview” – objects may loom larger

February 6, 2026 0
Well, January passed us by and for the first time in a long time (if we skip the Covid years – and who wouldn’t want to do that?) there wasn’t the annual gathering of the Americana […]
Features

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Paul Campbell

November 12, 2020 5
In case you’ve joined us late, or just simply forgotten, here’s just a little reminder of what is going on in this feature. For the last few months the AUK writers have been scratching their heads, […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Arkansauce, Bowstring Burgers & Brewery, Wilmington, North Carolina – 6th February 2025

February 12, 2025 0
Bolstered by the independent release in April, 2023 of their fifth album, “OK to Wonder,” Arkansauce have continued to bring nightly the vibrant melodies of the Ozark Mountains’ rolling hills and raging rivers that can be […]

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