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Haley Heynderickx “I Need to Start a Garden” (Mama Bird Recording Co, 2018)

May 17, 2018 Linda Jameson 0
Listening to Portland-based Haley Heynderickx’s debut album for the first time, it’s forgivable to just lean back into the melodies, soak up the whispery delivery, and absorb the stripped back guitar work. There’s some gorgeous 60s-style […]
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Ragged Union “Lay My Ghost to Rest” (Independent, 2018)

May 16, 2018 MD Spenser 0
This EP rocks. Ragged Union are a five-piece band from Bristol; these guys have been around for years as members of various bands, and one thing’s for sure – they know how to play their instruments. The […]
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Michael Plater ” Mythologies” (Reverb Worship, 2018)

May 16, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0
Opening with the baritone spoken ‘The Officer’s Mess’ a track full of plangent acoustic guitar and melancholy piano lines, Plater lays his cards on the table early on. This is is a dark brew of folk […]
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Eli West, Lumpy Hills Adventure Playground, London, 11th May 2018

May 16, 2018 David Allen 0
Turn off the lights, unplug the speakers, and welcome to the woodchip stage one of the finest flatpicking guitarists on the Americana scene today – Eli West. On a cool and breezy evening in a secluded […]
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Helen Raven “Helen Raven” (Phonic Box Records, 2018)

May 15, 2018 Michael Farley 0
This four-track EP from UK based Helen Raven is her debut release with all tracks having been written, recorded and produced by the artist. Raven describes the genre of her work as “Folk Noir” which is presumably […]

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AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – August 2026

August 25, 2026 0
Okay, which of you, our esteemed readers, spotted that there was no ‘Monthly EPs Round-Up’ article for July? Well, we’re back, and we’ve combined last month’s offerings with August’s allocation for a bumper edition covering a […]
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Sera Cahoone “I’ve Missed You All These Years”

August 25, 2026 0
Light, reflective songs about the teachings of time. Before her first release as a solo artist, songwriter and producer, Sera Cahoone had plenty of experience playing with other musicians. Starting at an early age, she first […]
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Track Premiere: Feral Foster “Tell Old Bill”

August 25, 2026 0
Listening to Feral Foster singing Tell Old Bill, a song from 1927’s The American Songbag book, is to hear something that sounds like a forgotten relic from the 1960’s “folk scare” (as Dave Van Ronk called […]

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  • Sera Cahoone “I’ve Missed You All These Years”
  • Track Premiere: Feral Foster “Tell Old Bill”
  • Video: Genevieve & Milo “Slow” – an acceptance of the best and worst of ourselves
  • Jobi Riccio announces UK and Ireland tour dates for Autumn
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the weird in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 0
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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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]

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Josh Rouse today releases ‘Salton Sea’ online (listen below dear reader), the third track off Rouse’s new album ‘Love in the Modern Age’, which comes out April 13th on the Yep Roc label. Calling the album […]
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Interview: Alan Fletcher on the point of Australian Americana

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You may know him as Dr Karl Kennedy but Alan Fletcher is a serious singer-songwriter. Releasing your first full solo album at the age of 65 may seem a strange career move for an up-and-coming Aussie […]

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