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[ May 1, 2026 ] Something for the long weekend: Kacey Musgraves “Middle of Nowhere” Tracks
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Forgotten Artists – The Black Sorrows

February 22, 2021 Rick Bayles 6

Another possible first for the FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series – I don’t think we’ve featured an Antipodean band before! The Black Sorrows hail from Melbourne, Australia, and started life as an R&B covers band. The founder and […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Mark Whitfield

February 18, 2021 Clint West 1

Today sees us publish the last of our writers’ personal top tens. It’s been both entertaining and educative and has demonstrated the wide range of knowledge and tastes that AUK writers collectively possess. All the selections […]

Classic Americana Albums: Justin Townes Earle “Harlem River Blues”

February 17, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

The painfully tragic passing of Justin Townes Earle in August last year due to an accidental drugs overdose brought the sad realisation that that was it for any new material from the mercurial JTE. We would […]

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Ovation Guitars

February 16, 2021 Rick Bayles 4

Guitars are obviously major contributors to the sound of Americana and we’ve already had articles about two iconic guitar models here on The Unsung Heroes of Americana series – the Gibson J45 and the Martin D28. […]

10 songs about infidelity

February 16, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

Americana is known for its realism and acceptance of the vagaries of ordinary life, which certainly doesn’t lack drama and complications. Americana does not judge! No matter what your moral dilemma is, whatever stupid and ill-advised […]

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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 […]