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It’s the 2023 AUK Readers Poll! Vote for your favourite americana from the last year

December 1, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Now with just six categories – why take two bottles into the shower when you can just vote and go? So it’s that time of year again when we launch our annual readers poll in which […]

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 […]