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[ May 1, 2026 ] Something for the long weekend: Kacey Musgraves “Middle of Nowhere” Tracks
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[ May 1, 2026 ] Todd Albright “Blues for Dexter Linwood” Album Reviews
[ May 1, 2026 ] Live Review: Julian Taylor + Michelle Stodart, Water Rats, London – 16th April 2026 Live Reviews
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Classic Americana Albums: The Blasters “The Blasters”

March 17, 2021 Guy Lincoln 12

Today’s ‘classic album’ is ‘The Blasters‘ by The Blasters, a beacon of American music and a record that is as perfect an encapsulation of the collision between punk and roots as it is possible to imagine. […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 4=Gene Clark “No Other”

March 16, 2021 Clint West 1

Following yesterday’s unveiling of Jason Isbell’s ‘Southeastern’ as equal fourth in our ongoing top 10 rundown, today we can reveal the album that it is tied with. The voting was close throughout, and we will reveal the […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 4=Jason Isbell “Southeastern”

March 15, 2021 Clint West 1

As we enter the second week of our top 10 rundown, we reach the top 5. However, we don’t actually have a number 5 as two albums released 39 years apart, tied for the number 4 […]

Forgotten Artists – Brinsley Schwarz

March 15, 2021 Rick Bayles 4

For those that still remember the stars of this article in our FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series, it’s usually either as the band where Nick Lowe started his career or for the dreadful management company hype that nearly […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Byrds “Wild Mountain Thyme”

March 15, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

Last week Mark Nenadic took a look back to the Carter Family’s ‘Wildwood Flower’ and since we’re talking about all things wild, ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ is one of those folk tunes that has seen countless versions. […]

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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
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Kacey Musgraves Palace Theater, St Paul. 2 Feb 2019

Something for the long weekend: Kacey Musgraves “Middle of Nowhere”

May 1, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet to Americana 25, our festival taking place in Liverpool at the end of November, we have sold out around half of […]

Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

May 1, 2026 0

As we head into the bank holiday weekend, we wanted to remind you about Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker […]

Artwork for Todd Albright Album "Blues for Dexter Linwood"

Todd Albright “Blues for Dexter Linwood”

May 1, 2026 0

Authentic pre-war country blues played by an acclaimed 12-string master. This is Albright’s fourth album of acoustic country blues, played finger-picked style on a 12-string guitar. An acknowledged master of this style of playing, Albright doesn’t […]