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Happy new year and welcome to the new look Americana UK

January 6, 2021 Mark Whitfield 8
Apologies for the longer than anticipated pause, Gremlins is a Christmas movie after all. Happy new year dear reader, hope you had a good one despite the unusualness of it all. While you’ve been watching repeats […]
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Van Morrison joins Black Deer 2021 line-up

December 22, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
If you’re looking to book an act who’s guaranteed to turn up and play a festival even if we’re in Tier 5 lockdown, it’s Van “don’t wear a mask” Morrison who will be bringing his super-spreader […]
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Jason Isbell to live stream NYE show

December 17, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
  It’s not the first time he’s done it but let’s face it, our options this year are slightly limited so what better way to ring in the new year? Jason Isbell has announced that he […]
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2020 US Americana Honors and Awards announced

December 16, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
And you can always tell at a glance whether it’s ours or not by the spelling of the word “honor” – trade secret. The winners of the 2020 Americana Honors and Awards in the US were […]
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Juanita Stein announces 2021 tour and shares new video

December 15, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
Juanita Stein has released the video for her new single, ‘Reckoning’, taken from her new album ‘Snapshot’ which we reviewed last month. The dreamy video, which follows Stein as she cycles through the nighttime streets of Southern France, […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 231 “Who Knows Where The Time Goes?”

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Got back from hols last week and then fail to hit my deadline a week later. Unforgivable… but I do have an excuse. Flimsy one, I grant you, but an excuse nonetheless, and a glorious thing […]
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Lisa Bouchelle “Make This World Stand Still” – featuring Amanda Shires

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Now, we’re dipping into the postbag, and thank you, Americana UK readers, for being so loyal to the analogue world. We appreciate every handwritten letter, even more so when it has clearly been produced with the […]
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Video Premiere: Adrian Roye “Dance of the Keeper” (Live from Dancers End)

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Here’s the latest single from London singer-songwriter Adrian Roye. In the video for Dance of the Keeper, recorded live from Dancers End, Roye delivers light, fluttering guitar that flows through a captivating tune. Over the understated […]

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

May 18, 2026 1
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]

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Matthew Robb “Dead Men Have No Dreams” (Independent, 2019)

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Confronting gritty politics and softer periods of reflection and love, Matthew Robb’s second album, ‘Dead Men Have No Dreams’, will bring pleasure to fans of poetic lyricism. Competing with our good friend Bob for the title […]
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Lost Kinks track found!

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That’s hyperbole – not so much lost more carefully stored away in a tape archive but never previously released.  This track, ‘Time Song‘ has been heard before though, it was played at a concert celebrating the […]
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Something for the (long) weekend: John Prine “Far From Me”

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For many of us the weekend is something of an abstract construct at the moment, but still – AUK is taking its usual Easter break until Tuesday. What a sad and terrible week it’s been in […]

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