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But is it Americana? – Lindisfarne

June 6, 2022 Martin Johnson 15

Martin Johnson is the latest of our writers to argue for an unlikely Americana candidate. He’s chosen a band that will always be associated with the North-East; can he convince on a connection with the wild […]

The Song Remains: Kelly Joe Phelps 1959 – 2022

June 6, 2022 Martin Johnson 5

Kelly Joe Phelps reinvented country blues for the 21St Century americana audience. Guitarist and singer-songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps “died quietly at home in Iowa” on May 31, 2022, according to his Facebook page. While this low-key […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Andrew Frolish

June 1, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1

Lists such as this are always agonisingly difficult to compile. There’s the aching self-doubt, the lingering sense that you have forgotten something or someone important and regrets over who has been left out. The decisions made […]

Dream Team Double Header – Judy Collins & Wizz Jones

June 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Randomness – it can be a great thing. To hit town and find a favourite artist is playing that night, to stoop down and pick up a £50 note blowing along an empty street, to… well […]

Classic Americana Albums: John Prine “In Spite of Ourselves”

June 1, 2022 Emily Dongray 1

In spite of throat surgery – one of the all-time greatest collaborative albums. In April 2020, the americana community on both sides of the Atlantic was saddened by the news that at age 73, John Prine […]

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Jerry Jeff Walker - Cowboy Boots and Bathin’ Suits
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Jimmy Buffett - A1A
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Chris Knight - Chris Knight
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Hurray for the Riff Raff - Live Forever
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Old 97s - Too Far to Care
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R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
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Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
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Wilco - summerteeth
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Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun
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Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

March 24, 2026 0

An impressive blues-influenced mixture of laid-back and edgier numbers. Coast of Light is Luke Winslow-King’s ninth album after having debuted with Luke Winslow-King in 2008. It is a bit of an outlier from many of the […]

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

March 24, 2026 0

The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]

artwork for The Montvales album "Path Of Totality"

The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

March 24, 2026 0

Folk-tinged harmonies and sophisticated indie-pop for turbulent times. Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson are originally from Knoxville, Tennessee – together they make up The Montvales. During their middle school years, the duo started out by busking […]