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  • [ September 3, 2026 ] Video: Cole Gallagher “Chatting Through Steel (Revisited)” ft. David Hidalgo Videos
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Classic Americana Albums

Americana UK takes you through the classic albums of the genre

Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Compilations: Various Artists “Acres For Cents” (Zippo 1987)

August 26, 2020 Paul Kerr 0
What is a compilation album? A bespoke tribute to a singular artist might be considered to be a compilation, but for this writer it’s basically a bunch of otherwise available songs slung together for one reason […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic America Albums: Cracker “Kerosene Hat” (Virgin, 1993)

August 26, 2020 Steven Rafferty 1
The early nineties was a weird time in America. It was weird socially. It was weird culturally. A lot of that weirdness was voiced in music and a lot of that music found an audience. Of […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: The Band “The Band” (Capitol, 1969)

August 19, 2020 Tim Martin 2
There are a number of albums that can claim to have kicked off Americana, Flying Burrito Brothers, Dylan, or CSN, but the one that really embodied the American spirit and turned it into a new sort […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: John Murry “The Graceless Age” (Bucketfull of Brains, 2012)

August 12, 2020 Sean Hannam 0
I owe a lot to Uncut magazine. In September 1998, the publication gave away a compilation CD called ‘Sounds of the New West’, which opened my eyes – and ears – to alt-country and Americana. A […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Son Volt “Trace” (Warner Bros, 1995)

August 5, 2020 Tim Newby 1
When Jay Farrar sings, “May the wind blow your troubles away,” on ‘Windfall’, about a long-distance drive to escape one’s problems and the opening track of Son Volt’s 1995 debut album, ‘Trace’, it came across like […]

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Video: Cole Gallagher “Chatting Through Steel (Revisited)” ft. David Hidalgo

Videos
September 3, 2026 0
Rayland Baxter

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

News
September 2, 2026 0

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

Album Reviews
September 2, 2026 0
Cover art for Nick Mitchell Maiato album "Naquera"

Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”

Album Reviews
September 2, 2026 0

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

Tracks
September 2, 2026 0
Videos

Video: Cole Gallagher “Chatting Through Steel (Revisited)” ft. David Hidalgo

September 3, 2026 0
Here is the dramatic video for Chatting Through Steel (Revisited) by Cole Gallagher. David Hidalgo of Los Lobos adds gritty, characterful vocals, complementing Gallagher’s own impassioned voice as he sings with compassion about immigration and the […]
Rayland Baxter
News

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 […]

  • Video: Cole Gallagher “Chatting Through Steel (Revisited)” ft. David Hidalgo
  • After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October
  • 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”
  • AUK Short Cuts: Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil, Kevin Coleman, Bay Station, Mudlarks, Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock, and Ben Walden
  • Bronwyn “Rattlin’ Bones”
  • Miko Marks’ new album “Hell Or High Water” arrives next month
  • Elizabeth Cook “Great Television”
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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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Erin Rae, The Slaughtered Lamb, London, 30th August 2018

September 4, 2018 0
“Corpsing” is actor-speak for having an unscripted fit of laughter onstage : so-called because the worst time to suffer a fit of the giggles is when an actor is playing a corpse. The sort of corpse […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Eli Gardiner “Black Crow”

June 28, 2023 0
Here’s the latest release from Minnesota-based singer-songwriter Eli Gardiner.  ‘Black Crow’ is a moody piece that grows, emerging slowly and steadily, layer by instrumental layer, leaving us feeling immersed in the soundscape Gardiner and his band […]
Album Reviews

Dale Watson “Starvation Box”

July 11, 2023 0
Dale Watson pays fitting tribute to folk blues pioneers. Dale Watson is unambiguous when it comes to citing the influence for new album ‘Starvation Box.’ Watson lives in Marshall, Texas, very much an area significant in […]

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