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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
[ August 4, 2026 ] Americana on Audio: Three books that you don’t need an Audible subscription for Book Reviews
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[ August 4, 2026 ] AUK Shortcuts: Around About Dusk, Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra, Coldsville, The Roseline, Jim Reynolds, Long John Makkay, Clark Paterson, and Davis Wells Album Reviews

Essentials: The Top 10 Richie Havens Albums

January 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 5

Richie Havens was the real deal, a singer with a great voice, a distinctive guitar player with a truly destructive power – rare would be the gig that passed without at least one busted string, a […]

Artwork for Billy Bragg and Wilco album “Mermaid Avenue"

Classic Americana Albums: Billy Bragg and Wilco “Mermaid Avenue”

January 4, 2023 Darren Lumbroso 2

Prior to the release of ‘Mermaid Avenue’ in 1998, for many people, the name of Woody Guthrie invoked images of a free-spirited, freight train hopping, American troubadour armed only with an acoustic guitar, who wrote political […]

AUK Chain Gang: The Daintees “Witches Ride”

January 3, 2023 Paul Russell 0

It’s fascinating to see how the AUK Chain Gang works – how we all pick up certain elements of the previous post, to conjure up musical memories for the next writer. Jonathan’s fascinating choice of Wolf […]

The First Time: Clint West – Hawkwind, Ipswich Gaumont, December 18th 1975

January 3, 2023 Clint West 5

Welcome to a new series where AUK writers look back on the first gig that they ever attended. Clint West kicks off the series by reflecting on not just a gig, but a whole formative experience. […]

The Song Remains: Ian Tyson (1933 – 2022)

January 3, 2023 Martin Johnson 8

A real Canadian cowboy who was also a folk, country rock, and country pioneer. Canadian cowboy, rancher, and musical icon Ian Tyson died on 29th December 2022, at his Longview, Alberta, ranch following recent ongoing heart-related […]

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

August 4, 2026 0

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 […]