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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Tim Newby

February 24, 2022 Tim Newby 2

For me the beauty of americana music over the last two-decades has been the way the original palette laid out by the forefathers of this music Dylan, the Dead, the Band, Hartford, and the modern forefathers, […]

Classic Americana Albums: Willard Grant Conspiracy “Flying Low”

February 23, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 4

The nineties were abundant with americana bands that brought some serious innovation and new sounds to the genre. Some, like Wilco, made it big. Others, like American Music Club and Willard Grant Conspiracy, built quite a […]

Small Venue Heroes: The Surfing Magazines

February 22, 2022 Rich Orpin 0

Formed in 2017, The Surfing Magazines are a super-group comprising two thirds of The Wave Pictures and one half of Slow Club. Showcasing the myriad talents of frontman Dave Tattersall, along with Franic Rozycki (The Wave […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Terry Allen “Amarillo Highway”

February 21, 2022 Clint West 1

Having spent the last two weeks in Australia courtesy of The Triffids and Kasey Chambers, I’ve decided to steer the ship back into more familiar americana waters. Indeed nowhere could be more familiar to lovers of […]

The Song Remains: Dallas Good 1975 – 2022

February 21, 2022 Martin Johnson 4

Canadian music and americana communities in shock at the sudden passing of the Sadies’ Dallas Good. The Canadian music and americana communities went into a state of shock with the news of the passing of Dallas […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
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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Rolling Stones - Some Girls
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Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

March 23, 2026 0

An ambitious debut album that bravely tackles some very British subjects with an americana-folk twang. The genre may be americana – and America is most certainly struggling with its own set of problems right now – […]

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”

March 23, 2026 0

An album with some credible moments and interesting songs which lay the foundations for his solo career. Country music can divide opinion at the best of times. It’s praised for its tropes and cliches as often […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 228 “Don’t Panic”

March 23, 2026 0

The last three weeks have been a struggle. The events in the Middle East have been horrific in their scale and scope. These are events of global significance, and if we didn’t know it then, we […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Videos

Video: Erik Vincent Huey “Drink All Day”

January 18, 2023 0

Here’s the recent single from Honky Tonking Erik Vincent Huey. ‘Drink All Day’ sounds like its subject matter – irreverent and raucous. As Huey sings of boozing all day, “Like I’m in a country song,” there’s a […]

News

Johnny Cash’s Unearthed will be released as a huge vinyl boxset

October 6, 2017 0

And some final news from Pitchfork before you break up for the weekend. Have a good one dear readers. They report: “Johnny Cash’s 2003 box set Unearthed, a posthumous collection of previously unreleased recordings with Rick Rubin, […]

Videos

Video: Josiah Flores “La Lucha”

June 17, 2025 0

Channelling the spirit of Woody Guthrie, Josiah Flores delivers a compelling song in support of migrant workers’ rights. The lyrics of ‘La Lucha’ work as a conversation between the narrator – a worker – and the […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Tim Newby

Classic Americana Albums: Willard Grant Conspiracy “Flying Low”

Small Venue Heroes: The Surfing Magazines

AUK’s Chain Gang: Terry Allen “Amarillo Highway”

The Song Remains: Dallas Good 1975 – 2022

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 228 “Don’t Panic”

Track Premiere: Bill Scorzari “Open Door”

Video: Jay Buchanan “Sway” – always wanting to do it better