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  • [ September 2, 2026 ] After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October News
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Americana UK delves into americana’s back catalogue to rediscover some old gems

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Forgotten Artists – Brinsley Schwarz

March 15, 2021 Rick Bayles 4
For those that still remember the stars of this article in our FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series,  it’s usually either as the band where Nick Lowe started his career or for the dreadful management company hype that nearly […]
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Forgotten Artists – Hem

March 12, 2021 Rick Bayles 4
In our FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series this week. regular contributor Tim Martin returns with a piece about a fascinating band that bring a wide range range of musical influences to create a very singular sound… I first […]
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Forgotten Artists – The Black Sorrows

February 22, 2021 Rick Bayles 6
Another possible first for the FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series – I don’t think we’ve featured an Antipodean band before! The Black Sorrows hail from Melbourne, Australia, and started life as an R&B covers band. The founder and […]
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Forgotten Artists – Larry Hosford

February 11, 2021 Rick Bayles 14
For this FORGOTTEN ARTISTS feature our esteemed Interviews Editor, Martin Johnson, has dragged himself away from his questioning of the great and good to look back on the career of the late Californian singer/songwriter, Larry Hosford. […]
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Forgotten Artists – C.C. Adcock

January 29, 2021 Rick Bayles 3
Following my recent “Ten Top Cajun/Zydeco Tracks” article I’ve realised that there are some out there, among our readers, who share my passion for the music of Louisiana. Not just for Cajun music but for that […]

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Rayland Baxter

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

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

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Cover art for Nick Mitchell Maiato album "Naquera"

Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”

Album Reviews
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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
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 […]
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 […]

  • 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
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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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Video Premiere: Jill Rogers and Crying Time “Golden Hour”

March 29, 2023 0
Photographers refer to the time just before sunset as ‘the golden hour’; it’s the moment when the light is just right for capturing their subject perfectly.  In the new single from Jill Rogers and Crying Time, […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Pete Churchill

March 24, 2022 4
I have always believed it is the great songwriting that sets our beloved americana apart. In my own humble offering I would like to think that my selections reflect that particular aspect of the genre at […]
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Mark Whitfield, AUK Editor’s Top 20 songs of 2024: Part One, 20-11

December 16, 2024 6
As I often remark these days, or these years, where once my musical life was all about albums, I along with apparently everyone under the age of 65 now have the attention span of a goldfish […]

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