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  • [ July 31, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power” Tracks
  • [ July 31, 2026 ] Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September News
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AUK’s Chain Gang: New Riders of the Purple Sage “Sweet Lovin’ One”

March 22, 2021 Jason McDonald 0
Having been presented with ‘Wild Mountain Thyme‘ by The Byrds by my colleague Ljubinko Zivkovic last week the only logical step is to follow on with a song by the band New Riders of the Purple […]
Features

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 1 – The Band “The Band”

March 19, 2021 Clint West 12
Well we have finally arrived at the finishing post and here it is, our choice as Number 1 in the AUK quest to find the greatest americana album ever. At the bottom of the page you […]
Features

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 2 – Neil Young “After The Goldrush”

March 18, 2021 Clint West 0
So readers we reach the last two of our top 10 americana albums ever. Neil Young, along with Bob Dylan,  was nominated more times than any other artist in this process. The fact that different writers […]
Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Jayhawks + related albums

March 18, 2021 Clint West 5
Welcome to ‘Essentials’ a brand-new AUK series where we will be delving into the back catalogue of prominent americana artists and bringing you our estimation of either their top ten albums or their top ten tracks. […]
Features

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Charlie Gillett, Broadcaster and Writer.

March 18, 2021 Rick Bayles 6
Some of my earliest encounters with the music we now call Americana came courtesy of a then little known radio show presented by a true Unsung Hero of Americana. Charles Thomas Gillett (20 February 1942 – […]

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Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

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July 31, 2026 0

Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

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July 31, 2026 0

Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

Features
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There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday

Previews
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Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981

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Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

July 31, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from case/lang/veirs who have this week shared their cover of Patti Smith’s track People Have The Power which […]
News

Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

July 31, 2026 0
London-based singer-songwriter Jack Browning will release his sophomore album, Painted Skies, on September 16th via Too Fine Records. The twelve-song collection follows Browning’s signing to the Nashville label earlier this year and arrives after two years […]
Features

Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

July 31, 2026 0
The next Americana Story comes from one of our own. Rick Bayles escaped the UK to live in the Dordogne region of France, and from there he reports back through his monthly Vox Continental column, sharing […]

  • Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”
  • Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September
  • Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”
  • There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday
  • Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981
  • Jason McNiff “Ten Blue Songs”
  • Live Review: Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk – 3rd-5th July 2026
  • Vox Continental: July 2026
  • The latest Americana UK podcast now available featuring Haylie Davis and Leeroy Stagger
  • Twilark “Tired To Sleep” – to sleep , perchance to forget
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  • Mike Boguski: Piano player Mike Boguski here...I'll be playing the King's Head in London (Crouch End) in April...
  • Andrew Frolish: Indeed! There is great pleasure in remembering and writing about such a fantastic weekend! Always excellent and I love trying…
  • David Chalfen: You must have spent as long writing this massive review as you did at the festival! Super piece and captures…

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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
Interviews

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

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Hannah Juanita “Hardliner”

July 13, 2021 0
A fabulous album of toe-tapping traditional country from a wonderful new talent. Last year, Loretta Lynn declared that “country music is dead”. With her debut album ‘Hardliner’ Hannah Juanita has put forward an extraordinarily strong case […]
AUK Mini-Gigs

Mini-Gig: Pete Gow & Joe Bennett “Storm Windows” (John Prine Tribute)

May 6, 2020 0
We’re all missing live music at the moment.  We have been trying to fill that void with regular ‘mini-gigs’.  Great artists have been sharing performances recorded at home as they adapt to the same lockdown restrictions […]
Album Reviews

Jim Byrne “4 Country and Folk Songs”

October 29, 2021 2
The latest taster from a respected well-travelled veteran musician. Whatever your view on EP releases they do seem to be more of a thing these days and I guess it’s a clear function of the way […]

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