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UK Americana Awards 2024 nominations announced

November 28, 2023 Mark Whitfield 3

The UK’s annual celebration of Americana and Roots music, UK Americana Music Week, powered by Sweet Home Alabama, returns to Hackney in London from 22nd – 25th January 2024. Themed Growing Our Roots in Americana, the […]

Sheryl Crow announced as first headliner for Black Deer 2024

November 23, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Sheryl Crow has been around for an eternity since her favourite mistake not making her happy back in the 90s, but these days is better known as a country musicians, and with that hat one she […]

Victoria Liedtke and Jason Ringenberg announce new duet covers project

November 22, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Victoria Liedtke and one of the nicest people in Americana, Jason Ringenberg, have announced details of a duets album ‘More Than Words Can Tell’, which is coming out March 22nd 2024. The project sees the duo […]

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy returns with new song, launches own beer

November 21, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

We are ardent republicans here in AUK Towers but that doesn’t stop us being big fans of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, maybe because of the quotes around the offending article, and while we still haven’t forgiven Domino […]

Guy Clark demo recordings to be released on volume one of “Truly Handmade”

November 16, 2023 Mark Whitfield 3

When ‘My Favorite Picture of You’ came out in 2013, it seemed likely we were hearing Guy Clark’s last batch of songs. Guy died three years later at age 74, but his legacy endures, thanks to […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder
By Joe Nathan , 5 hours ago
RE: Gorton and Denton
I think the fascists in the White House ruined the vibe...
By Mark Whitfield , 15 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
By Joe Nathan , 17 hours ago
RE: John Hammond has gone
He'll be a sad loss. I've never been much of a blues fa...
By Rick Bayles , 21 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ry Cooder - Into the Purple Valley
By Joe Nathan , 1 day ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Rich Hopkins, El Otro Lado. Excellent Tucson desert roc...
By Paul Kerr , 1 day ago
RE: John Hammond has gone
Sad news.
By Paul Kerr , 1 day ago
John Hammond has gone
He brought country and electric blues to a new generati...
By Martin Johnson , 2 days ago
RE: New Sturgill, oops, new Johnny Blues Skies I mean
Out now on YouTube.
By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

Johnny Blue Skies to release new album “Mutiny After Midnight” next week

March 3, 2026 0

Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds, along with the label High Top Mountain Records, have joined forces with Atlantic Music Group’s Atlantic Outpost for the forthcoming release of Mutiny After Midnight which will be released […]

Crooked Fingers “Swet Deth”

March 3, 2026 1

A personal, introspective and emotional charged record featuring some great collaborations. After a 15 year break, Eric Bachmann has resurrected the moniker Crooked Fingers, a name taken from his grandfather’s CB radio handle, to release a […]

More People Should Really Know About: Ethan Setiawan

March 3, 2026 0

Since his arrival on the instrumental music scene, mandolinist Ethan Setiawan has enjoyed pushing creative boundaries, even as he continues to embrace the traditional sounds of his chosen instrument. That approach helped him get welcomed into […]

Interviews

Interview: Lady Nade on being involved in a Netflix drama, inspiration, identity and mental health in music

March 2, 2026 0

Runner-up in our readers’ poll for Best UK Artist in 2025, Lady Nade has steadily built a reputation as one of the most distinctive and emotionally resonant voices in UK roots music. Blending jazz, Americana, folk, […]

Interviews

Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

February 26, 2026 0

I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]

Interviews

Interview: Hal Cannon on cowboy poetry, songs and folklore

February 25, 2026 0

For Hal Cannon, life should be very simple – love the place you live, love the ones you know, if you’re needy, why not give, then see if you’re still low. Words to live by, extracted […]

Videos

Video: C Duncan “Delirium”

January 21, 2025 0

Here’s recent single “Delirium” from Scottish singer-songwriter C Duncan. The sound is lush, rich and full, with sustained notes providing the base from which the melody and rhythm grows. There’s a dreamy quality to Duncan’s voice […]

Album Reviews

Brother and The Hayes “In Good Company”

March 24, 2025 0

Nashville’s history and culture is felt throughout the sibling duo’s second album. A deep sense of history, along with an appreciation of fine songwriting, form the backbone of “In Good Company,” the second album from Tennessee’s […]

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Lucy Rose announces UK tour

July 12, 2017 0

UK folk artist Lucy Rose, who released her acclaimed third album Something’s Changing last week through Communion Records, will follow a current Worldwide Cinema Tour with a 20-date headline run of the UK in November. The shows […]

UK Americana Awards 2024 nominations announced

Sheryl Crow announced as first headliner for Black Deer 2024

Victoria Liedtke and Jason Ringenberg announce new duet covers project

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy returns with new song, launches own beer

Guy Clark demo recordings to be released on volume one of “Truly Handmade”

Johnny Blue Skies to release new album “Mutiny After Midnight” next week

Crooked Fingers “Swet Deth”

More People Should Really Know About: Ethan Setiawan

The Attention Seekers “Sweet Anna Brown” – tracking down an enigma

Clay Street Unit “Sin & Squalor”