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AUK’s Paul Villers has a weekly look at the news with an accompanying Americana song

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Pick of the Political Pops: Billy Bragg “The Lonesome Death of Rachel Corrie”

May 21, 2021 Mark Whitfield 3
The Israel-Palestine issue is often presented as something complex, and undoubtedly there are complexities to it, but presenting it as almost unsolvably complex conveniently makes people think there’s nothing they can do about it and so […]
Columns

Pick of the Political Pops: Drive By Truckers “Surrender Under Protest”

March 19, 2021 Paul Villers 0
Well it’s been a slow week for news (said no one this week with access to a wireless/newspaper/laptop/television). We quite thought that we would have nothing to write about in our usual snarky way (we didn’t […]
Columns

Pick of the Political Pops: k.d. lang “Big Boned Gal”

March 12, 2021 Paul Villers 0
This week at Americana-UK Towers we have been in full celebration mode in respect of International Women’s Day. The slight fly in the ointment is that in the twenty-first century we still need to have such […]
Columns

Pick of the Political Pops: Willie Nelson “If You’ve Got The Money I’ve Got The Time”

March 5, 2021 Paul Villers 0
This week we had what grown-ups call The Budget which is essentially where important people in London scribble down a few sums on the back of a fag packet (fags didn’t go up you’ll recall so […]
Columns

Pick of the Political Pops: The Raconteurs “You Don’t Understand Me”

February 26, 2021 Paul Villers 1
This week we were (once again) amused that Facebook was in the news this time in a face-off with the Australian government. The argument was pitched by the vast majority of the mainstream media worldwide as […]

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Rayland Baxter

After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October

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Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”

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Jack Barksdale “The Scam Song” – seem’s ok and above board…

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Video Premiere: Scott Cook “Steady For You”

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Rayland Baxter
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After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October

September 2, 2026 0
Rayland Baxter’s new album, True Violet, will be released on 23rd October 2026 via ATO Records. he feels like the first time he’s truly found it. It is his first album in more than four years. […]
Album Reviews

Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”

September 2, 2026 0
Vintage country music at its very best. One of the joys of good music of any genre is its ability to transport you to another time and another place. The new album by Dom Glynn and […]
Cover art for Nick Mitchell Maiato album "Naquera"
Album Reviews

Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”

September 2, 2026 0
One Eleven Heavy’s Mitchell Maiato delivers a healthy dose of cosmic psychedelia for the 21st century. Four years have passed since we last heard from Nick Mitchell Maiato, at which time One Eleven Heavy, his sometime […]

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  • Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”
  • Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”
  • Jack Barksdale “The Scam Song” – seem’s ok and above board…
  • Video Premiere: Scott Cook “Steady For You”
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
Interviews

Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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WMOT launches new biweekly Americana radioshow

March 16, 2022 0
Nashville’s legendary WMOT Roots radio station has launched a new biweekly roots show, ‘The Old Fashioned, ‘ with hosts Craig Havighurst and fiddler and songwriter Amy Alvey. This “old-time and bluegrass happy hour” will be live on […]
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Greg Halpin “Notes from a Bedroom” (Independent, 2016)

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The debut solo album from Montreal-based Greg Halpin delivers exactly what its title suggests: slice of life observational songs recorded in a makeshift bedroom studio. The 13 tracks are arranged almost exclusively for acoustic guitar, alternating […]
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Video: Amelia Curran “Gravity”

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A great video for the first single, Gravity, from Canadian singer-songwriter Amelia Curran’s new album Watershed, out on March 10th.

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