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Mariel Buckley “Everywhere I Used To Be”

August 3, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 1
Exceptional and sincere record from Canadian singer songwriter aimed at underdogs everywhere. Mariel Buckley hails from Calgary which sits in a vast, often brown coloured plain, in southern Alberta in Canada. Her excellent third album is […]
Album Reviews

Gretchen Peters “The Show – Live From The UK”

August 3, 2022 Peter Churchill 1
A live album to savour from one of the great singer-songwriters of her generation. Gretchen Peters has always had a great affinity with UK audiences and 2022 marks 25 years since this outstanding singer-songwriter first stepped […]
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Dan Tyminski “One More Time Before You Go”

August 3, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Tony Rice covers that will make listeners want to revisit the original recordings. Tribute albums should generally be approached with a degree of caution, with very few albums, and even individual tribute tracks, improving or even […]
artwork for Parker Twomey album "All This Life"
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Parker Twomey “All This Life”

August 2, 2022 Graeme Tait 0
New generation of Texan singer songwriter delivers debut album that suggests promise for the future. Parker Twomey is a graduate of the Booker T Washington School for the Performing Arts who, in 2019, at just eighteen […]
reaking Grass Somewhere Beyond
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Breaking Grass “Somewhere Beyond”

August 2, 2022 Tim Martin 0
A slightly routine album, lifted by some excellent singing and songwriting. ‘Somewhere Beyond’ is Breaking Grass’s sixth album and from the first song, ‘100 Degrees In The Shade’ has an instrumental mix that is exactly what […]

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Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017

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Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson

October 2, 2026 11
We’re sorry to end this week with some sad news for regular readers which some of you will know already via social media. It’s been a very tough last few days for us as a team […]
AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

October 2, 2026 0
Kyp Harness makes music on his own terms and has been doing it for 35 years. He is prolific, having put out 20 independent albums of storytelling and melody, with his latest (Lovely) released in April […]
artwork for Mistaken For Wayne album "Whitefish"
Album Reviews

Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

October 2, 2026 0
Musical pursuits in the heart of rural Canadian life. Not only outside the music industry but within its margins (much less frequently at its very core), there are those for whom music is one of several […]

  • Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson
  • Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness
  • Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”
  • Jake Bugg announces a fortnight of intimate record store appearances
  • Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017
  • The Oystermen “Darn Tootin”
  • Our new supporters playlist is out today – win a pair of tickets to 2027’s Cambridge Folk Festival
  • Live Review: Joe Martin + Maggie May Treanor, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 26th September 2026
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Boulder Fields and Mary Gauthier
  • Michael Hurley “The Werewolf Song” – howls at the moon
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Interviews

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 […]
Interviews

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, […]
Behind the Songs

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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No, not Gram Parsons. Not even Elvis Presley (though if you don’t consider Elvis to be the epitome of ‘Americana’ then I will fight you right now). Dolly Rebecca Parton (of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) has written, […]
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Video: The Dead South “Diamond Ring”

July 4, 2019 0
This is the new single from The Dead South, from their album ‘Sugar And Joy‘, out in October.  It’s bluegrass as we like it here at AUK Towers, it’s fun, and it has a fun video.  […]
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Video Premiere: Pete Muller “One Last Dance” feat. Allison Russell

November 14, 2025 0
We’re delighted to premiere the latest single from Pete Muller. The Latin-inspired ‘One Last Dance’ features the powerful vocals of the outstanding, GRAMMY-winning Allison Russell. Themed around an inevitable failed romance, the song is built upon […]

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