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Americana UK reviews the latest books broadly related to the americana genre, overseen by AUK Books Editor Tim Martin

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Book Review: Todd Almond “Slow Train Coming: Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country and Broadway’s Rebirth”

January 16, 2025 Tim Martin 1
When he reviewed the London production of ‘Girl from the North Country’ in 2018 AUK’s Jonathan Aird said: “Did an all-singing all-dancing Bob Dylan show ever seem likely? Still no. Does Girl from the North Country […]
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The Gordon Sharpe Americana Book Award 2024

January 10, 2025 Tim Martin 0
This is the second year of our tribute to our late colleague Gordon Sharpe. We felt that an award which recognised the cream of the new books we’ve reviewed over the previous year was a fitting […]
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Paperback Riders: Willy Vlautin’s short audio fiction

December 9, 2024 Tim Martin 0
Willy Vlautin has now produced three spoken word albums. Some of them connected to his novels, some of them standalone. As the first has a festive theme, and is narrated by Vlautin, who has also narrated […]
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Book Review: Kenneth Womack and Kenneth L. Campbell “Bruce Songs: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-Album, Song-by-Song”

December 2, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, this is a hefty tome, an oversized hardback running to more than 250 pages, with something of the whiff of the academic about it – a meticulous study of Springsteen’s officially released oeuvre, to date, […]
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Book Review: David Browne “Talkin’ Greenwich Village”

November 20, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
David Browne is a journalist and author.  He has written for Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Spin and the New York Times among others.  His books have largely focused on music telling the tales of Tim and […]

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Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2
Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]
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Tift Merritt “Sugar”

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Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]
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Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

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Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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Video: Nanci Griffith “Late Night Grande Hotel”

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This week’s retro slot is from the early 1990s and features Nanci Griffith with a live stripped back version of her classic Late Night Grande Hotel, with just James Hooker on keyboards backing her.  Wonderful.  Have […]
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Hal Cannon “Cowboy Sutra”

March 28, 2025 0
An album repurposing traditional tunes as contemplative, moving meditations on the Old West. The cover of Hal Cannon’s latest solo album finds him seated as a Hindu deity floating gently and serenely awaiting enlightenment. The image […]
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Video Premiere: Adam Klein “Low Flyin’ Planes”

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This excellent video premiere is the title track and final release from from last year’s Adam Klein album, ‘Low Flyin’ Planes’.   Klein’s gentle strum and clean, melodic vocals bring to mind classic folk singer-songwriters like Townes […]

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