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Bluegrass Briefs: Charlotte Carrivick, Hills of Belgium, Appalachian Smoke

November 26, 2024 Tim Martin 0
Bluegrass is a worldwide phenomenon. In recent episodes we have had Eastern Europe and Canada. This time we have Belgium and Wiltshire. The circular nature of musical influences which we find in so much of the […]
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Oak Ridge Boys “Mama’s Boys”

November 26, 2024 Tony Burke 0
After 50 years in the music industry – from recording 78s in the 1940s to performing at the funeral of a US President the Oak Ridge Boys say farewell with an album dedicated to good ole […]
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AUK’s Monthly EP’s Round-Up – November 2024

November 25, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
Well, we might still be over four weeks until the big day, but by the bumper size of this months EP’s goody bag you would be forgiven for thinking that Christmas had come early. So without […]
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The Psych Fi’s “Can Con”

November 25, 2024 FredArnold 0
Jerry Leger goes off-piste again with an interesting new psychedelic offering. Jerry Leger is a 39-year-old Toronto-born singer-songwriter who has to date had a 20-year recording career, during which he has released 13 albums, 7 solo, […]
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Agalisiga “Chuj” Mackey “Nasagino Inagei Nidayulenvi”

November 22, 2024 Paul Russell 0
Fascinating debut from Cherokee musician keeping his language alive. Agalisiga “Chuj” Mackey is a Cherokee singer songwriter who lives in the Cherokee Nation in Northeast Oklahoma. With only 1,500 first language speakers left – his aim […]

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Billy Bragg & Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue” project returns with expanded “The Complete Sessions”

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Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”

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Billy Bragg & Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue” project returns with expanded “The Complete Sessions”

October 12, 2026 0
Nearly thirty years after Billy Bragg and Wilco first came together to give voice to a collection of previously unheard Woody Guthrie lyrics, Craft Recordings will release Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions on 11th December 2026, […]
Album Reviews

Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”

October 12, 2026 0
A raw, live recording with all the in-the-moment feel of the best performances. Recorded at the Fallout Shelter venue in Norwood, Massachusetts, there is no denying the intensity of the live performance from Wolfe and his […]
Chris Stapleton at Merrieather Post Pavilion August 2019
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For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”

October 12, 2026 0
Our esteemed editor has labelled Chris Stapleton as the Marmite of artists for the writers here at Americana UK. It may be that our readers likewise fall into two camps and it took me a while […]

  • Billy Bragg & Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue” project returns with expanded “The Complete Sessions”
  • Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”
  • Jonathan Something “One More Lonesome Cowboy Song”
  • Live Review: Robert Jon and the Wreck, The Junction, Cambridge – 2nd October 2026
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  • The Chapin Sisters “One Little Drop” – watching the money trickle down
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
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 track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Americana UK’s top albums of 2022 – the rest of the best

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Over the last few days we’ve been counting down our top 10 albums of 2022 which concluded yesterday with Bonny Light Horseman and The Delines holding our top two places. In the process of coming up […]
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Anastasia Minster “When I Die” – Listen

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Anastasia Minster went from Moscow to Toronto to be able to sit at her piano in front of window looking out over an open park and be inspired to compose her fragile and spectral songs.  On […]
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Watchhouse “All Around You” – finding home

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Watchhouse have paid their dues – starting over a decade ago playing coffee shops and local restaurants around North Carolina they have now released their latest album ‘Rituals‘, their first in four years.  From the small […]

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