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[ August 4, 2026 ] Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider Interviews
[ August 4, 2026 ] Phil Hooley “Everything We’ll Never Need” Album Reviews
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Classic Americana Albums: Mary Gauthier “Filth and Fire”

February 22, 2023 Rick Thorn 2

The opening lines of ‘Walk Through the Fire’ the first track on this 2002 album perfectly sum up its feel and tone ‘’In the darkness, it finds me, the terrible fire. It doesn’t matter how I […]

The First Time: Richard Parkinson – Magna Carta & Gillian McPherson, Carlisle Market Hall, September 1971

February 22, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0

At some point in the late 1960s the live music scene changed from one where the bands played long tours through many cities and towns to one where they did shorter tours focused on the major […]

Cajun Corner – A tribute to Austin Pitre

February 21, 2023 Rick Bayles 2

We’ve got news of something that should be of special interest to those of you who appreciate good Cajun music. Nouveau Electric Records, a Louisiana-based record company that champions the music of Cajun people, be it […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Paul Kelly “Meet Me in the Middle of the Air”

February 20, 2023 Alasdair Fotheringham 1

Listening to Mark Whitfield’s choice of Laura Cantrell’s spellbinding ‘When The Roses Bloom Again’ for last week’s Chaingang, it’s hard not to think about the huge number of songs in Americana, like that one, which dig […]

Rob Clamp wins The Twang Factor 3

February 17, 2023 Clint West 1

As outlined in yesterday’s runners-up announcement, The Twang Factor 3 was a very close affair but in the end Southampton-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rob Clamp won it by a nose from runners-up Sunsinger and the […]

Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

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Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]

Phil Hooley “Everything We’ll Never Need”

August 4, 2026 0

An appealing laid-back brew of blues, soul and country with gentle swing and groove. Scarborough-based Phil Hooley is the founder of the alt-country band The Woolgatherers. Everything We’ll Never Need is his third solo album after […]

Americana on Audio: Three books that you don’t need an Audible subscription for

August 4, 2026 0

Audiobooks are one of the big growth areas in listening. They now amount to 10% of the UK publishing market. That market is still dominated by the convenience of Amazon’s Audible platform, and there are plenty […]