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Classic Clips: Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires “Nail My Feet Down” – Spectra Sonic Sound Sessions, 2017

November 14, 2025 Andrew Raw 0
Strap yourselves in for this one- it’s a fabulous clip of high-octane left-wing southern rockers Lee Bains III and The Glory Fires on absolutely top form. Frontman Lee Bains begins with a “rap” about the song, […]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Allison Russell “You’re Not Alone”- Americana Fest, 2022

November 7, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
The strange thing about the fabulously talented Allison Russell is that we all knew she was a fabulous talent – that goes without saying – through Po’ Girl and Birds of Chicago, as well as Our […]
Al Stewart at McCabe's Guitar Shop 13 Feb 2010
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Classic Clips: Al Stewart “Year Of The Cat” – Old Grey Whistle Test, 1976

October 31, 2025 Peter Churchill 0
Mention Al Stewart in a word association game and it’s a fair bet that most responses would hit on ‘Year Of The Cat’. The song’s surprise success in the US was the catalyst for Stewart to […]
Jason Molina at Apolo Barcelona 23 October 2009
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Classic Clips: Songs: Ohia “Farewell Transmission” – The Earl in Atlanta, 2002

October 24, 2025 Andy Davidson 0
Last summer, I was fortunate enough to review the album “I Will Swim to You – A Tribute to Jason Molina“. While researching Molina, I found Todd Chandler’s meditative documentary, ‘The Road Becomes What You Leave’ […]
Reckless Kelly Crazy Eddie's
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Classic Clips: Reckless Kelly “Crazy Eddie’s Last Hurrah” – La Zona Rosa, Austin, Texas, 2006

October 10, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
Texas Red Dirt country has never been cautious about colouring outside the lines on what constitutes the music of the Lone Star state. Reckless Kelly is a Texas band, though its members numbered only one Texan […]

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AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – August 2026

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Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

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As usual, we wanted to remind you about 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 […]
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Jim James “Wowed Out”

August 25, 2026 1
Jim James escapes information overload through beauty and hope. We’re living in an age of information overload, where almost everything is aimed at shocking or amazing us. Wowed Out is where Jim James thinks our brains […]
Foy Vance
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Foy Vance to release multi-part new album and play autumn tour dates

August 25, 2026 0
Emmy-winning singer-songwriter Foy Vance has announced his eighth studio album, IF, for release on 30th April 2027. Described as an autobiography in album form, IF will be released in three parts, with each part arriving as […]

  • Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!
  • Jim James “Wowed Out”
  • Foy Vance to release multi-part new album and play autumn tour dates
  • Sian & Rob Colquhoun “Sourwood Honey”
  • AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – August 2026
  • Sera Cahoone “I’ve Missed You All These Years”
  • Track Premiere: Feral Foster “Tell Old Bill”
  • Video: Genevieve & Milo “Slow” – an acceptance of the best and worst of ourselves
  • Jobi Riccio announces UK and Ireland tour dates for Autumn
  • Chasen Wayne and the Honky Tonk Machine “The Diamond Saloon”
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the weird in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 0
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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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
Waylon Payne Press Photo July 2026
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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]

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Julia Logan “River Run” – flow to the sea

July 8, 2022 0
Julia Logan says that she’d been listening “a lot to Neil Young’s live album with Crosby, Stills & Nash called ‘4 Way Street’” whilst writing ‘River Run.‘  Well she’s talking our language there, which ensured this […]
Columns

Shuffle: Funeral Music

March 11, 2021 1
These dark days of the global pandemic have not in any way increased the number of times I think about the music I want to be played at my funeral. I have been thinking about it […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Roger Street Friedman

December 22, 2022 0
Here’s the latest in our occasional series of mini-gigs, opportunities for excellent artists to transmit the energy of a live performance directly into your home.  Roger Street Friedman and his band deliver an outstanding final mini-gig […]

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