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Turnpike Troubadours – “A Long Way From Your Heart” (Bossier City, 2017)

January 4, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

It is an immutable law of album reviewing that at the end of every year when things are winding down and there’s very little new around an album pops up that is, quite simply, immense. It’s […]

Barney Benthall “The Drifter and The Preacher” (True North Records 2017)

January 3, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

Multi platinum selling Canadian singer songwriter’s 10th album which was released in his home country in July last year but has now been released here. It is in many ways what you would expect from a […]

Red River Dialect “Broken Stay Open Sky” (Paradise of Bachelors, 2018)

January 2, 2018 Peter Churchill 0

Red River Dialect have their roots in the depths of Cornwall. David Morris started writing songs in 2002 and, from 2006, most of these songs were performed as Red River Dialect, either solo or with a […]

Billy Bragg “Bridges Not Walls” (Cooking Vinyl, 2017)

January 2, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

2017 was a tumultuous year, Brexit and Trump providing an endless spectacle of rancour and discord, right wingers on the march, reason stifled by media barons (aside from those accused of printing “fake news”). Billy Bragg, […]

Ange Hardy “Bring Back Home” (Story Records, 2017)

December 22, 2017 Peter Churchill 0

A turbulent and sometimes tragic childhood was the prelude to 14-year-old Ange Hardy running away from a children’s home in Somerset and finding herself homeless on the streets of Ireland. Handed a guitar as a chance […]

Vox Continental: September 2026

September 24, 2026 0

With the long, hot summer finally fading, it seems like a lot of European artists are keen to get out on tour. Oakland Rain are a Norwegian folk and Americana duo, made up of twin sisters, […]

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

September 24, 2026 0

Family Stereo, most recently seen out supporting the Felice Brothers, is the project of Blake Watt, and Remedy is the opening song on his latest album The Thread, which has been released via Bella Union. It’s […]

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”

September 24, 2026 0

Here is the latest single from Italian singer-songwriter, one-woman band, and writer Elli de Mon. Timeless and cinematic, Strange Fruit is deeply haunting and beautifully unsettling. The focus is entirely on de Mon’s impressive, resonant voice, […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Videos

Video: Graham Nash “Military Madness”

May 10, 2022 0

One of the always surprising things about Crosby, Stills, and Nash is that while they are renowned for seamlessly blending harmonies, each of their individual voices is instantly recognizable. This is certainly true in Nash’s new […]

Album Reviews

Jesse Dayton “The Revealer” (Blue Elan Records, 2016)

August 29, 2017 0

Jesse Dayton has had quite the career, playing alongside true legends like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Glen Campbell, time spent making soundtracks for horror movies and even venturing into punk for a spell in the […]

Album Reviews

Our Man in The Field “In the Company of Strangers” (Rocksnob, 2020)

October 1, 2020 0

Our Man in the Field, otherwise singer-songwriter Alexander Ellis, reports back from the London small gig scene (in the old world at least) with a set of songs created and evolved by being performed live “wherever […]

Turnpike Troubadours – “A Long Way From Your Heart” (Bossier City, 2017)

Barney Benthall “The Drifter and The Preacher” (True North Records 2017)

Red River Dialect “Broken Stay Open Sky” (Paradise of Bachelors, 2018)

Billy Bragg “Bridges Not Walls” (Cooking Vinyl, 2017)

Ange Hardy “Bring Back Home” (Story Records, 2017)

Vox Continental: September 2026

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”