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Crossing stormy waters – I’m With Her return with UK and Netherlands dates

December 11, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

It’s not often that the supergroup tag is justified but when it comes to I’m With Her it’s right on the money. Each of the members is an A list performer in her own right – […]

Lyle Lovett to play UK and Ireland dates

December 6, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Dates will be alongside AMAUK award appearance. Four times Grammy Award-winning singer, composer and actor Lyle Lovett has announced a UK and Ireland tour for January 2025. The live dates kick off on 19th January at […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win a pair of tickets to UK Americana Week 2025!

December 6, 2024 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 Chuck Prophet, Laura Marling, Paul Kelly, Clem Snide and […]

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Ani DiFranco brings her “Unprecedented Sh!t” to the UK/EU in 2025

December 5, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

(As ever we are not prurient about four letter words in these parts but the Mailchimp NSFW filter zaps them). Singer/songwriter/feminist/author Ani DiFranco has announced that she will be extending her “Unprecedented Sh!t: The Tour” to […]

UK Americana Music Week 2025 – AMAUK announces conference, showcases, awards and more

December 5, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

As January comes around it’s time for UK Americana Music Week over a number of venues in Hackney, East London from 20th to 23rd January 2025. The event provides a great opportunity to catch up with […]

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Live Review: The Ramblin’ Roots Revue 2026, New Buckinghamshire University – 10th-12th April 2026

April 23, 2026 0

Once again, the High Wycombe Travelodge girded its loins for its busiest weekend of the year, as the crowds gathered from near and far (but mostly far) for the next instalment of the first of the […]

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Rae Spoon “Assigned Country Singer At Birth”

April 23, 2026 0

Non-binary singer returns to their country roots with intimations of mortality. After a twenty-year spell away from the genre, Canadian Rae Spoon returns to their formative years with Assigned Country Singer At Birth, their thirteenth album. […]

Red Rooster crows no more

April 23, 2026 0

We hate to be the bearers of more bad news with everything else going on in the world at the moment but another UK festival has fallen by the wayside. This time it’s Red Rooster which […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0

Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0

Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0

Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]

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Frightened Rabbit “Fields of Wheat” – Listen

June 13, 2017 0

Scottish indie-folksters Frightened Rabbit have ripped into the Tories after last week’s election loss by sharing the new track “Fields of Wheat” on Soundcloud which asks: “Are you ready for the pinch you’ll feel, the fractured […]

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John Calvin Abney “Shine Like A Friend” – Listen

October 22, 2020 0

John Calvin Abney returns with a new album ‘Familiar Ground‘ on November 20th, a follow up to his well received ‘Safe Passage‘ of 2019. Today’s song ‘Shine Like a Friend‘ has a relaxed blissed out feel […]

Videos

Video: Nigel Wearne “To the Edge” Feat. Lauren Housley

December 5, 2022 0

Here is the atmospheric new video from Australian singer-songwriter Nigel Wearne. On ‘To the Edge’, Wearne is ably supported by the lovely tones of Yorkshire’s award-winning Lauren Housley, whose vocals add depth and character to this […]

Crossing stormy waters – I’m With Her return with UK and Netherlands dates

Lyle Lovett to play UK and Ireland dates

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win a pair of tickets to UK Americana Week 2025!

Ani DiFranco brings her “Unprecedented Sh!t” to the UK/EU in 2025

UK Americana Music Week 2025 – AMAUK announces conference, showcases, awards and more

Live Review: The Ramblin’ Roots Revue 2026, New Buckinghamshire University – 10th-12th April 2026

Rae Spoon “Assigned Country Singer At Birth”

Red Rooster crows no more

Deer Tick “Everything Born” – goes through changes

Video Premiere: Old Spot “Tom Dooley”