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Essentials: The Top Ten Christmas Albums

December 19, 2024 Dean Nardi 7

When you think of Christmas, certain words pop into your head like visions of sugar plums. They evoke all the usual trappings of Christmas, words like snow, Santa, reindeer, jingle bells, ornaments, tinsel, lights. Well, it […]

Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2024: 20-11

December 19, 2024 Mark Whitfield 2

So we have reached the end of another year here at AUK and the bombardment of new music has once again been relentless – we’ve been sent so much that it’s often difficult to keep up […]

Mark Whitfield, AUK Editor’s top 20 songs of 2024: Part Two, 10-1

December 18, 2024 Mark Whitfield 6

Earlier in the week we counted down numbers 20-11 of my standout tracks from 2024 – a mixture of Westcoast powerpop, indie-folk and straight down the line Americana, which of course is the raison d’etre of […]

Can’t Live With it, Can’t Live Without it: Drive-By Truckers

December 18, 2024 Andrew Raw 0

I first clapped eyes on Drive-By Truckers when they were on the Jools Holland Show in 2010 playing ‘Birthday Boy’ from “The Big to Do” album. I had always had a bit of a soft spot […]

Americana UK’s albums of 2024 – the rest of the best

December 18, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

We will be publishing our albums of the year from tomorrow starting with numbers 20-11, as chosen by AUK’s writing team. But which albums almost made the list? Along with albums which featured on our longlist […]

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John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 0

At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

Charles Wesley Godwin to release new collaborative album in July

May 18, 2026 0

Charles Wesley Godwin has announced his new album, Christian Name, which is out on 24th July 2026, via Big Loud Records. In 2024, Godwin and his wife, Samantha, suffered an awful tragedy when their third child, […]

Artwork for Midwestern Mrs album "I'm still Here"

Midwestern Mrs “I’m Still Here”

May 18, 2026 0

A strong debut album with a range of folk-based songs with lyrical depth and style. This is the first full-length album from Ohio-based Midwestern Mrs, better known as Georgia Evans to her family, following a string […]

Interviews

Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 0

Interviews

Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

May 14, 2026 0

Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

May 13, 2026 0

The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]

Album Reviews

Phill Reynolds “A Ride”

June 15, 2022 0

Interesting concept album focusing on the journey of a troubled man seeking redemption. Phill Reynolds, (aka Silva Martino Cantele), lives in Zugliano in Italy. The talented Reynolds played almost all of the instruments on his latest […]

Features

Forgotten Artists – Rose Maddox

July 22, 2020 5

Welcome to another feature in the FORGOTTEN ARTISTS series, where we take a look at some of the Americana musicians that may just have dropped out of people’s memories or who, perhaps, never received the appreciation […]

Videos

Video Premiere: JEMS “The Weather”

August 7, 2024 0

Here’s the new single from talented folk trio JEMS. ‘The Weather’ opens with gorgeous, warm instrumental layers, beautifully-produced and arranged, as their words resonate: “I’m surrounded by beauty and all I build here.” The song tackles the uncertainty […]