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[ July 17, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could” Videos
[ July 17, 2026 ] Bella White “A Sign In The Weather” Album Reviews
[ July 17, 2026 ] Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates News
[ July 17, 2026 ] Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking Classic Clips
[ July 17, 2026 ] Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead” Book Reviews

Something for the weekend: Lord Huron “Looking Back”

May 9, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and it’s good to be back after my Colombia travails although I do miss the feeling of being in a country governed by someone who feels […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see The Devil Makes Three live

May 9, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Brown Horse, Kassi Valazza, Dawn Brothers, Mike Delevante, The […]

Julie Fowlis to play 20th anniversary shows in October and November

May 9, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

It’s twenty years since Gaelic singer, musician and composer Julie Fowlis released her debut album “mar a tha mo chridhe (as my heart is)“, and her music is still deeply rooted in the coastal edges and […]

The Swell Season move “Forward” in June

May 7, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) have announced their first new album in 16 years, “Forward”, will be released on June 13th. An eight-song collection, it was produced by Sturla Mio Thorisson and recorded […]

Judy Blank to release new album on Rounder Records

May 6, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Eclectic artist Judy Blank has announced the release of her third album and her debut for Rounder Records, “Big Mood”, on 22nd August 2025. Blank has also announced a series of tour dates in Europe and […]

Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

July 17, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from alt-country heroes/pioneers/stalwarts/choose your own noun Son Volt whose latest album Sound Signal Serenades was physically released on […]

Artwork for Bell White album "A sign in the weather"

Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

July 17, 2026 0

A strong third album from the rootsy Canadian “Appalachian” artist from New Orleans showing raw emotion and a degree of post-breakup positivity. As you listen to each song on Bella White’s new studio album you feel […]

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

July 17, 2026 0

Jawdropped, a four-piece from Los Angeles, have announced their debut album, Secret To Spare, due 18th September via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band has also released the first single, Split Lip, along with a video […]

Interviews

Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0

Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]

Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1

Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

News

Martha Wainwright to reissue debut on vinyl and tour UK & Ireland

November 7, 2024 1

Twenty years ago, Martha Wainwright announced herself to the world with her debut album “Martha Wainwright”. Featuring songs like ‘Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole’, a song about her father, ‘Factory’ and ‘When The Day Is Short’, it […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Farees “She Talks With Jesus”

March 28, 2023 0

It might seem odd to some that Americana UK is premiering this new song from Farees, which will be released everywhere on the 30th of March. It’s a song that sees Farees taking what may seem […]

Tracks

Miranda Lee Richards: “Lucid I Would Dream” – Listen

April 13, 2017 0

Following 2016’s “Echoes Of The Dreamtime” album, LA-based Miranda Lee Richards has announced the release of new album “Existential Beast” on June 16th via Invisible Hands Music, a “beautifully constructed album characteristic of the effortless, 70’s […]