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  • [ September 28, 2026 ] Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic Tracks
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  • [ September 25, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons” Videos
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The Church announce a trio of shows celebrating 30 years of their album, Starfish

May 9, 2019 Paul Kerr 0
On the thirtieth anniversary of what was their break out album, ‘Starfish’, the Australian band who surfed the waves of neo-psychedelia and dream like pop anthems return to UK shores to perform the album in its […]
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Bob Dylan announces a new, huge, box set

May 3, 2019 Jonathan Aird 2
Leaving you this week dear readers with this – Well, it probably isn’t Dylan himself doing it, he probably has a PR person or two who sends this sort of information out to the huddled masses […]
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Americana comes to Mallorca with Summer Pie!

May 3, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
If you’re looking at the weather forecast for this bank holiday weekend and wishing you were somewhere you could enjoy some great music while not needing to own a jumper in the next few weeks, God […]
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New Bill Callahan album due June – UK dates too

May 3, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Rejoice! Bill Callahan’s late-phase hot streak continues with the announcement of his first record since 2013, ‘Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest.’  After its predecessor ‘Dream River’, Callahan’s life went through some changes including marriage and children, […]
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Josh Ritter announces July UK tour dates

May 2, 2019 Paul Kerr 0
Josh Ritter’s latest album, ‘Fever Breaks’, produced by and featuring Jason Isbell, has been critically acclaimed with many commentators calling it a highlight of his 20 year long career. We here at Americana UK agree with […]

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Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic

Tracks
September 28, 2026 0

Video: Orange Oak “wilder life” – a declaration of nervousness

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September 28, 2026 0

Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”

Videos
September 25, 2026 0

Bob Dylan to unleash a 39 CD set of The Rolling Thunder Revue in November – start saving!

News
September 25, 2026 0

There are only 50 tickets left for Americana 25 – join us in Liverpool in November!

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Tracks

Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic

September 28, 2026 0
Best. Finest. Interesting words. The Los Angeles Times says of Richard Thompson: “The finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix.” That was Scott Timberg, who, of course, also worked with Richard […]
Videos

Video: Orange Oak “wilder life” – a declaration of nervousness

September 28, 2026 0
wilder life is the new single from Filippa Frisell and Erik Olsson, also known as the Swedish indie-folk duo Orange Oak. It’s a thoughtful song of falling in love and the way we make ourselves vulnerable. […]
Videos

Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”

September 25, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a previously unreleased song from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. His estate recently unveiled a comprehensive new box set, Origins 1971-1978, […]

  • Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic
  • Video: Orange Oak “wilder life” – a declaration of nervousness
  • Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”
  • Bob Dylan to unleash a 39 CD set of The Rolling Thunder Revue in November – start saving!
  • There are only 50 tickets left for Americana 25 – join us in Liverpool in November!
  • Beck “Ride Lonesome”
  • Live Review: Levellers, The Meffs, Brakes, Kid Kapichi and Sleeper, Hove Park, Brighton – 5th September 2026
  • Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin
  • Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice
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  • Jed Cairns: A career high point I reckon. Fabulous album.
  • Graeme Tait: Hi Alan. I know, time, as tide waits for no man, lol. Can I suggest you focus on the first…
  • Angus MacSwan: "Ride Lonesome" is also a good Western starring Randolph Scott and directed by Budd Boetticher. Any connection, I wonder?

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Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Video: Peter Bruntnell “I Will, I Won’t”

November 3, 2017 0
This week’s retro slot is taken by one of the UK’s greats, Peter Bruntnell, with a suitably surreal video for this wonderful track from his 1995 debut album Cannibal.
Album Reviews

Zervas & Pepper “Endless Road Restless Nomad” (Zerodeo, 2019)

June 20, 2019 0
Folk rock from South Wales, with a (press release-claimed) Laurel Canyon state of mind. As a consequence this record has a distinct 1970s feel; the rock is very soft, very easy listening, perhaps too easy – […]
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Sail Cassady “Got The Pace” – Listen

December 4, 2019 0
“Suicide is not always the quickest of deaths” sings Canadian ​Colin Craveiro​ aka Sail Cassady, explaining that “it’s a slow burn deep in your chest“.   Atmospheric it may be, capturing that bleakness that chills the soul […]

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