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For The Sake Of The Song: Justin Townes Earle “Lone Pine Hill”

February 19, 2024 Andy Short 0

Justin Townes Earle gave us his first full length album in 2008 “The Good Life” after a teasing six track EP “Yuma” the previous year. Following the relative success of “Yuma” Earle signed for Chicago label […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 1 – Lucinda Williams

February 16, 2024 Clint West 15

Well there you have it folks, our Number 1 is Lucinda Williams and by an overwhelming margin. She received 74 points which was 15 more than the runner-up, well over double that of fifth place and not […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 2 – Willy Vlautin

February 15, 2024 Clint West 4

Our runner up spot goes to Willy Vlautin with 59 points, a whole 13 ahead of third place. Nominated by seven AUK writers, crucially six of them had him in their Top 3, including three who place […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 3 – Steve Earle

February 14, 2024 Clint West 4

As we reach the podium places it is little surprise to see Steve Earle occupying one of them. He received 46 points from AUK writers to comfortably get him over the line into third place, helped […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Maria McKee “Maria McKee”

February 14, 2024 Graeme Tait 8

By the time her eponymous debut solo album was released during the summer of 1989 Maria McKee was still only 24 years old, and yet for close on a decade she had become the voice and […]

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John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

Abigail Lapell “Shadow Child”

May 20, 2026 0

Doubts and hopes haunt nine long months. It is perhaps not so much of a surprise to find that Shadow Child is a concept album, and the theme was also somewhat foretold by last year’s album […]

Montana duo Buffalo Traffic Jam to release full-length debut in July

May 20, 2026 0

Rising Montana folk duo Buffalo Traffic Jam have announced their debut full-length album, Pictures of You, to be released on 31st July 2026, both digitally and on vinyl. Pictures of You comprises 14 tracks, including the […]

Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 0

Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

Interviews

Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1

At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart, London Palladium – 5th March 2025

March 14, 2025 2

The London Palladium is certainly a very nice venue, not one that the music fan might immediately think of but there are upcoming gigs from Patti Smith and Graham Nash and the last gig I caught […]

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Charlie Parr to tour UK next month

April 28, 2022 0

Minnesotan legend Charlie Parr has announced his upcoming tour, including fifteen dates starting in Bristol on May the 4th. The series of gigs promote his most recent album, ‘Last of the Better Days Ahead‘. This, his […]

Videos

Video Exclusive: John Johanna “Rock My Soul”

March 7, 2018 0

Filmed live in Norfolk last month, this is a wonderful version of the traditional classic. A studio take is available on Johanna’s album I’ll Be Ready When The Great Day Comes which I’ve just bought and […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Justin Townes Earle “Lone Pine Hill”

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 1 – Lucinda Williams

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 2 – Willy Vlautin

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 3 – Steve Earle

Classic Americana Albums: Maria McKee “Maria McKee”

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

Abigail Lapell “Shadow Child”

Montana duo Buffalo Traffic Jam to release full-length debut in July

Adam Ross “Bring On The Apathy”

Father John Misty “The Payoff” – read the small print, sucker