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[ August 13, 2026 ] Track Premiere: Charissa Hoffman “Forward Motion” Tracks
[ August 13, 2026 ] Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Let It Happen” Videos
[ August 12, 2026 ] Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns Interviews
[ August 12, 2026 ] Anniversary Cheers: The Mercy Brothers “Strange Adventure” celebrates 23 years Anniversary Cheers
[ August 12, 2026 ] Laura Veirs “Temple Songs” Album Reviews

Here’s 10 socially progressive country tunes for you

March 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

We love country music here at AUK, but the politics of mainsteam country can be something of a turn off in these weary times, so this is a nice article from Billboard reporting on country anthems […]

“Why Americana is one of the most deceptive labels in music”

March 16, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

A great little article from the Guidelive.com site which was published a couple of weeks ago and we’ve just come across, which discusses the difficulty of defining the genre. Believe me, we’ve had some heated discussions […]

Loudon Wainwright III – ‘Survivng Twin’

February 21, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s fair to say that growing up Loudon Wainwright III had some mixed feelings about his father, a columnist for LIFE magazine which he has summed up himself in a typically forthright and candid manner: “When […]

AmericanA to Z: Acetone

January 23, 2017 David Cowling 1

I was drawn to Acetone because they were on Vernon Yard Recordings alongside Low, on whom I had a major musical crush. It’s always a risky business but in pre-internet days you had to take a […]

Americana UK staff pick their best of 2016

January 4, 2017 Paul Villers 0

Here it is folks: the annual review of the best music of the last year as decided by your favourite music writers. Or at least the ones who write for Americana UK (we don’t yet have […]

Track Premiere: Charissa Hoffman “Forward Motion”

August 13, 2026 0

What do you get when you give a sixth-generation musician and aspiring songwriter a ukulele? You’re expecting fey songs or something a little bedroom-based, right? No, no, no…that’s not Charissa Hoffman at all. She explains that […]

Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Let It Happen”

August 13, 2026 0

Here is a wonderful addition to your summer soundtrack. Let It Happen, a song full of heart and positivity from Jo Bartlett and Neil Haydock, should be bursting loudly from your speakers beneath the heatwave sun. […]

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 0

It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]