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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 – Larry Starr “Listening to Bob Dylan”

October 12, 2021 Rick Bayles 0
My first reaction to this book was that it seemed a bit of a high-handed approach to Dylan and his music. Why would I need someone to tell me how to listen to Dylan?! Then I […]
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Paperback Riders: William Least Heat-Moon “Blue Highways”

September 23, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 2
An influential if at times flawed travelogue from the late 1970s. When I was about ten I went to see ‘Born Free’ with a friend. This involved walking from Thornhill down to Low Mill along the […]
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Book Review: Ralph Brookfield “On the Trail of Americana Music”

September 15, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 1
A laudable stab at the difficult task of grasping the many-headed beast that is Americana Music. Author Ralph Brookfield trained as a molecular physicist worked as a copy editor, software engineer, freelance writer, ran a software […]
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Book Review: Stephen Deusner “Where the Devil Don’t Stay: Traveling the South with the Drive-By Truckers”

September 10, 2021 Tim Martin 1
First full-length book on this quintessentially southern band. As my colleague, and our Books Editor, Rick Bayles, noted last month, there seems to be a trend towards quite academic writing about music. This may be as […]
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Paperback Riders: Woody Guthrie “Bound for Glory”

August 26, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0
An engrossing self-penned account by one of Americana’s key figures. When starting this series I said something about not wanting to review biographies of any sort – and here I am about to renege on that […]

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

Tracks
April 17, 2026 0

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

Interviews
April 17, 2026 0

Remedy Motel “Counting Sand”

Album Reviews
April 17, 2026 0

Book review: Richard Houghton “Iain Matthews: A People’s History”

Book Reviews
April 17, 2026 0

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Joseph Martone

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Tracks

Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

April 17, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. Regular readers will no doubt be sick to death now of me plugging this guy but his stuff is so good and as if any more proof was […]
Interviews

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
Album Reviews

Remedy Motel “Counting Sand”

April 17, 2026 0
Utah band on a roll with their second ‘comeback’ album after a 15-year hiatus. You feel as though you should showcase this band in our Feature article More People Really Should Know About..…because, despite the fact […]

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  • Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming
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  • Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Joseph Martone
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Interviews

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]

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Chris & Adam Carroll “Good Farmer” (Independent, 2019)

September 5, 2019 0
Country music has been brimming with husband and wife couples that are renowned for making fantastic music together. Chris Stapleton and Morgane Stapleton, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires, Johnny Cash and June Carter, Tim McGraw and […]
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Curtis Eller “A Poison Melody” (Independent, 2019)

August 8, 2019 1
Curtis Eller is a dynamic bandleader and banjo player who channels a great sense of vaudevillian Victorians to his idiosyncratic musical vision. Opening with ‘Radiation Poison‘, Eller sets the tone by throwing the kitchen sink at […]
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Track Premiere: Townsend’s Solitaire “Dear Old Friend”

June 12, 2024 0
Townsend’s Solitaire have a nice dedication to the Tracks feature, here they are pictured actually sitting and standing on tracks.  Guys – we really appreciate the effort.  The sharp eyed viewer may have already spotted the […]

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