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The Twang Factor

Americana UK’s quest to find the best new and emerging americana talent

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Watch Twang Factor 2 winner Jess Jocoy’s stunning AUK exclusive Winner’s Session

October 27, 2021 Clint West 0

Jess Jocoy plays three breathtaking songs to celebrate her recent win. You won’t want to miss this! The votes are counted and the winners declared. However, this year’s Twang Factor isn’t quite finished yet because we […]

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Jess Jocoy wins The Twang Factor 2

October 8, 2021 Clint West 0

Nashville singer-songwriter secures a clear victory in our second search for new talent. Our first Twang Factor last year produced an incredibly tight result with a mere 18 votes separating the top three. Jess Jocoy, our […]

Features

The Twang Factor 2 results: Rachel Sumner is our runner-up

October 7, 2021 Clint West 0

Impressive Boston based songwriter is a clear hit with AUK readers. After yesterday’s announcement of Ian David Green as our third placed act, we move on the the runner-up spot. Rachel Sumner was something of a […]

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The Twang Factor 2 Results: Ian David Green takes third place

October 6, 2021 Clint West 0

Ian’s fabulous song and exceptional performance prove to be a big hit with AUK readers. The votes are all in and counted. A huge thanks to all of our excellent finalists, the overall standard was brilliant […]

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The Twang Factor 2: Your last chance to cast your vote to decide our 2021 winner

September 27, 2021 Clint West 0

Once again, you the readers will decide our winner. Get voting! Over the last few weeks we are proud to have once again brought to you some amazing new and/or emerging artists. The standard has been […]

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Something For The Weekend: Bruce Springsteen “Streets Of Minneapolis”

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Artwork for Sammy Brue's "The Journals" album

Sammy Brue “The Journals”

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Classic Clips: Jeff Buckley “Grace” – Live at MTV New York for 120 Minutes, 1995

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Cambridge Folk Festival announces second tranche of acts as well as day splits

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Latest Podcast now live featuring Wesley Stace

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  • Something For The Weekend: Bruce Springsteen “Streets Of Minneapolis”
  • Sammy Brue “The Journals”
  • Classic Clips: Jeff Buckley “Grace” – Live at MTV New York for 120 Minutes, 1995
  • Cambridge Folk Festival announces second tranche of acts as well as day splits
  • Latest Podcast now live featuring Wesley Stace
  • Old Sap “February Blues” – arriving this weekend
  • Video: Sounding Arrow “Zero Gravity” – leaving the earth forever
  • Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Jonathan Aird
  • After too long, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter return to UK/Europe for April tour
  • Cowboy Junkies saddle up for UK Tour to “Celebrate 40 Years And Beyond”
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  • Fiona: I simply adore Jesse Sykes. Sadly, she’s not coming my (Swedish) way on this tour. But if you get the…
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Interview: Bernie Leadon Too Late to Be Cool? No way!

January 21, 2026 0

When pigs can fly and cows jump over the moon …. when hell freezes over …. when an NBA player gets called for “palming the ball” …. when George Costanza picks up a check … when […]

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Interview: Trevor Sensor on connection, bataille and love in the time of confusion

January 13, 2026 0

“Are you really real, do you feel the same thing that I do, girl, when I touch you, girl?” ~ Ricky Nelson According to iconic filmmaker Federico Fellini, “The visionary is the only true realist.” Before […]

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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 1

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 37

Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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