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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

Black Deer Radio – bringing Americana to the people

April 4, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 3

With so many noises competing for attention these days it’s difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff but a radio station that has only been around less than a year may well have found a […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Kate Rusby live

April 4, 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 Alison Krauss & Union Station, Chris Eckman, Jade Turner, […]

The Wandering Hearts get that DeJa Vu feeling with new album

April 3, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

British folk-Americana band The Wandering Hearts have announced their new album “Déjà Vu (We Have All Been Here Before)”. A reimagining of the 1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young classic “Déjà Vu”, the album will be […]

More important than ever – Dawn Landes returns with “The Liberated Woman’s Songbook”

April 1, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Dawn Landes will return to the UK this summer following her stirring performance of “The Liberated Woman’s Songbook” at The Barbican last autumn, where she wowed audiences with the powerful, history-rich set celebrating women’s […]

Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo find room on the porch for new record

April 1, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Musical legends Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo aka TajMo have revived their historic collaboration between two generations of American music masters and announced “Room On The Porch”, a new full-length album out on 23rd May 2025 […]

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 […]

Album Reviews

Angelo De Augustine “Angel In Plainclothes”

May 14, 2026 0

Life-affirming collection from Sufjan Stevens cohort. It’s incredibly distressing, but there have been some heartbreaking news stories recently of musicians experiencing life-changing ailments and the ensuing pain and anguish they experience trying to recover. This is […]

Tracks

Other Brother Darryl “Until I Do” – no more tears

January 9, 2023 0

Boston alt-country and Americana band Other Brother Darryl make music in that tight harmonies, melody rich, cosmic-tinged corner of Americana. Today’s song, for example, has as the B-side a rather groovy demo of a song called […]

Videos

Video Premiere: VanWyck “Lead Me On”

May 4, 2020 0

We are delighted to premiere ‘Lead Me On’, the new single from VanWyck, the smoky-voiced singer from the Netherlands. It’s actually not a new track but has long-been the opening song for gigs. The band were […]