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  • [ April 2, 2026 ] Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets News
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Articles by Tim Martin

About Tim Martin
Sat in my shed listening to music, and writing about some of it. Occasionally allowed out to attend gigs.
Book Reviews

We want your books!

March 14, 2025 Tim Martin 0
Are you a writer, publisher or PR with a book on the music we feature at AUK coming out this year? We feature biographies of musicians, or other key figures in the music world – producers, […]
Album Reviews

Candi Staton “Back to My Roots”

March 10, 2025 Tim Martin 0
Classic southern soul highlighting one of the roots of Americana from the AMA award winner. In January 2025 the Americana Music Association awarded “legendary soul icon” Candi Staton their highest accolade, an International Lifetime Achievement Award. […]
Album Reviews

Patterson Hood “Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams”

March 3, 2025 Tim Martin 0
The unexpected songs impress most on Hood’s fourth solo album. It’s not DBT, but it is an intriguing look at another side of an established name. For his first solo album in 12 years Patterson Hood […]
Album Reviews

Reissue: Sukilove “Sukilove”

March 3, 2025 Tim Martin 0
Gentle, pop inflected music with Alt.Country influences mixing with more European sounds. Belgicana? Belgian band Sukilove were built on the songs of singer Pascal Deweze and formed in 2001. After splitting in 2013, they came back […]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: The Delines “Maureen’s Gone Missing” 2022

February 21, 2025 Tim Martin 0
Recorded at Vanløse Stairway, Denmark. It’s a surprise, but a very pleasant one, that at my advanced age I can still get excited about the pending release of an album, or a tour, (or preferably both) […]

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Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets

News
April 2, 2026 0

Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”

Tracks
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Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!

News
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Gillian Welch with Dave Rawlings Marymoore Park July 2009

The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 5th – Gillian Welch “Revelator” (2001)

Features
April 2, 2026 1
Railroad Earth in Richmond Virginia, 21st May 2010

Essentials: The Top 10 Railroad Earth Songs

Essentials
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News

Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets

April 2, 2026 0
Last week we announced details of Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House later this year on Saturday November […]
Tracks

Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”

April 2, 2026 2
Well that’s it from us for this week as we head into the long weekend. If you’re an AUK supporter your playlist will still be with you for 5pm tomorrow and don’t forget tickets for our […]
News

Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!

April 2, 2026 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 […]

  • Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets
  • Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”
  • Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!
  • The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 5th – Gillian Welch “Revelator” (2001)
  • Essentials: The Top 10 Railroad Earth Songs
  • The New Pornographers “The Former Site of”
  • Joshua Ray Walker makes a welcome return with new album and tour dates
  • Live review: The Delines + Chris Eckman, Union Chapel, London – 26th March 2026
  • Classic Clips: Kris Kristofferson “Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down” – Live at The Nobel Peace Center 3rd March, 2008
  • The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 6th – Whiskeytown “Houses on the Hill” (1997)
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Latest interviews

Interviews

Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]
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 […]

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