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

Cover art for Tom Piazza book "Living In The Present With John Prine"
Book Reviews

Book Review: Tom Piazza “Living In The Present With John Prine”

May 8, 2026 Graeme Tait 0
During the opening lines of the foreword to Tom Piazza’s latest book, Living In The Present With John Prine, the widow of one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Fiona Prine, describes how her late […]
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Paperback Riders: John Perry Barlow “Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times” and The Principles Of Adult Behavior

April 30, 2026 Tim Martin 0
John Perry Barlow’s memoir Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times reads like an acid trip from the American counterculture, yet also carries an idealistic turn that comes from living through multiple revolutions. The book […]
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Book Review: Amy Rigby “Girl To Country: A Memoir”

April 24, 2026 Tim Martin 2
The second volume of Amy Rigby’s memoirs picks up the story where we left her in Girl To City.  The earlier book was “set in a ramshackle twentieth century New York world of homemade clubs and […]
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Book review: Richard Houghton “Iain Matthews: A People’s History”

April 17, 2026 Paul Kerr 0
One of an ongoing series of books published by Spenwood Books which invites fans and colleagues to share their memories and stories regarding a particular artist or act, Iain Matthews: A People’s History covers the sixty […]
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A reminder of our call for short fiction: Americana stories…

April 16, 2026 Tim Martin 0
AUK would like to invite fiction writers to submit short stories inspired by the world of americana music for publication on Americana UK. Whether it’s a tale sparked by a particular song, a character shaped by […]

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Rayland Baxter

After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October

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Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”

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Cover art for Nick Mitchell Maiato album "Naquera"

Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”

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Jack Barksdale “The Scam Song” – seem’s ok and above board…

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Video Premiere: Scott Cook “Steady For You”

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Rayland Baxter
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After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October

September 2, 2026 0
Rayland Baxter’s new album, True Violet, will be released on 23rd October 2026 via ATO Records. he feels like the first time he’s truly found it. It is his first album in more than four years. […]
Album Reviews

Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”

September 2, 2026 0
Vintage country music at its very best. One of the joys of good music of any genre is its ability to transport you to another time and another place. The new album by Dom Glynn and […]
Cover art for Nick Mitchell Maiato album "Naquera"
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Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”

September 2, 2026 0
One Eleven Heavy’s Mitchell Maiato delivers a healthy dose of cosmic psychedelia for the 21st century. Four years have passed since we last heard from Nick Mitchell Maiato, at which time One Eleven Heavy, his sometime […]

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  • Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”
  • Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”
  • Jack Barksdale “The Scam Song” – seem’s ok and above board…
  • Video Premiere: Scott Cook “Steady For You”
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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 […]
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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. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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The Felice Brothers + Carson McHone, The Old Market, Hove, 31st January 2020

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My brother moved to Hove many years ago. More sedate than its brash next-door cousin, Brighton, he often told me about this independent venue that was walking distance from his flat and whose previous incarnation had […]
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Interview: The Whiskey Gentry

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Atlanta-based, The Whiskey Gentry, whose album Dead Ringer on Pitch-A-Tent Records was released earlier this year, pushes the band to a fuller more adventuress guitar powered sound.  Fronted by the effervescent Lauren Staley who, alongside husband, Jason […]
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There is some reason to believe that we’re part of the King Creosote fan club, but really he’s just a very convenient person to go to when one is looking for a song with barbed lyrics […]

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