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Classic Americana Albums

Americana UK takes you through the classic albums of the genre

Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Alison Krauss and Union Station “Paper Airplane”

December 22, 2021 Russell Murphy 0
One sign of a truly great artist is the ability to make an album of Grammy winning quality when already several years into a recording career, which itself included significant solo success, as well as with […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Little Feat “Waiting For Columbus”

December 16, 2021 Tim Martin 3
Received wisdom has it that John Peel had stopped playing anything but punk by 1977. Not so. In February 1978 he devoted much of one show to songs from the new Little Feat live album. Recorded […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Ron Sexsmith “Ron Sexsmith”

December 8, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 2
A wonderful and perhaps career-defining early offering from an artist much appreciated by his peers but dogged by a lack of commercial success. A classic is best defined as something that is judged over a period […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: The Bridge “National Bohemian”

December 1, 2021 Tim Newby 2
How do we determine what makes an album classic?  Classic is defined as being judged over a time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind.  Baltimore’s The Bridge decade-long run came to […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Kate & Anna McGarrigle “Kate & Anna McGarrigle”

November 24, 2021 Alan Fitter 3
I first got to see Kate and Anna McGarrigle live at the New Victoria Theatre on February 19th 1977 when they had just released their debut album, the eponymous ‘Kate & Anna McGarrigle’ and were about […]

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Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour

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Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

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Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”

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More People Really Should Know About: James Hodder

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Ismay “Half Truth”

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Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour

July 14, 2026 0
Hollow Hand, the project of Brighton’s Max Kinghorn-Mills, steps out of the bedroom on Wish Road South, recorded live as a trio after touring with MJ Lenderman and Caitlin Rose. The album comes out on the […]
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Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

July 14, 2026 0
Babehoven, the Hudson, NY-based project of singer/songwriter Maya Bon and producer and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Albert, have announced their new album, I See Them, I See Me, due 18th September 2026 via Double Double Whammy. I See […]
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Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”

July 14, 2026 0
Majestic debut from Virginia songwriter with a fascinating true backstory. When it comes to musical inspiration, a musician’s life is integral to what music he or she makes. For Brennan Gilmore, that inspiration comes from a […]

  • Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour
  • Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn
  • Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”
  • More People Really Should Know About: James Hodder
  • Ismay “Half Truth”
  • Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm
  • Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”
  • Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”
  • Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
Interviews

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

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Video: Prosecco Socialist “This Dog’s Just For Christmas (Not For Life)

December 13, 2017 0
Now this is AUK’s idea of a good Christmas song.  Prosecco Socialist are the new outfit formed by Dave Rotheray (ex-Beautiful South) and features Eleanor McEvoy and Hull legend Mike Greaves.  Don’t be confused by the […]
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Jim Lauderdale talks about Liverpool (yay) and his new album

July 3, 2017 0
The more astute AUK reader may know what we’re a Liverpool based website, a city which doesn’t come up too often in americana circles so it’s nice when it does.  RS Country report this morning: “Jim Lauderdale […]
Album Reviews

Ginger Wildheart “Ghost In The Tanglewood” (Round Records, 2018)

February 14, 2018 1
There’s a dichotomy at the heart of these songs – they are generally explorations of mental illness and especially Wildheart’s struggle with depression, and yet the songs sound joyous. ‘Daylight Hotel’ which opens the record was […]

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