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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 […]

artwork for Maria McKee album "Maria McKee"

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 […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 4 – The Band

February 13, 2024 Clint West 1

Back in 2021 AUK writers voted for their ‘Greatest Americana Albums Ever’ and The Band’s self-titled second album came out top of the pile. It’s arguable that despite some very noteworthy work thereafter, they never really […]

For The Sake Of The Song: David Olney “Jerusalem Tomorrow”

February 13, 2024 Graeme Tait 6

There can be few among us who, whilst revelling in our preferred pastime of listening to and dissecting the songs of our favourite artists. haven’t occasionally thought, “given a fair wind and a wet sail I […]

Bloodkin “Flowers & Ash”

September 8, 2026 0

Out of tragedy comes a fitting album imbued with the spirit of the band’s co-founder. Back in May 2021, we featured a poignant interview in these pages with Bloodkin co-founders Danny Hutchens and Eric Carter. It […]

Strolling Bones Records to release Schaefer Llana’s debut in November

September 8, 2026 0

Schaefer Llana has signed to Strolling Bones Records and will release her label debut, Full Circle, on 13th November 2026. The 10-song set was produced by Llana and Starlin Browning and recorded at Matt Patton of […]

Béla Fleck “Blue Mountain Hop” – sensational Bluegrass

September 8, 2026 0

Now, some may recall that we like to (when we have the opportunity) feature an instrumental track as the week reaches its mid-point, somewhere around Wednesday afternoon. So, what are we doing featuring this latest release […]

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”

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 4 – The Band

For The Sake Of The Song: David Olney “Jerusalem Tomorrow”

Bloodkin “Flowers & Ash”

Strolling Bones Records to release Schaefer Llana’s debut in November

Béla Fleck “Blue Mountain Hop” – sensational Bluegrass

Video: Eric Bazilian “Better Times” – they better come soon

Billy Strings “So Much For Goodbyes”