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South By Southwest Festival 2018, Austin, Texas

March 29, 2018 Oliver Gray 0
The annual jamboree that is Austin’s South by Southwest Festival plows on with over two thousand artists descending on the town for a week long binge and that’s just the music. With film, gaming and politics […]
Album Reviews

Will Stewart “Country Seat” (Cornelius Chapel Records, 2018)

March 28, 2018 Elise Kennedy 0
Will Stewart’s debut solo album ‘Country Seat’ explores his southern roots, with folk-rock being the foreground for the piece.  The album takes Stewart’s musical influences from many artists, including Neil Young, with the electrified moments and […]
Live Reviews

Jonathan Wilson, Omeara, London, 19th March 2018

March 28, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Omeara is a fairly new venue south of the river, not very far south, and in quite a hip area with a sizeable presence of pubs and cafes close by. Inside the performance space is bijou, […]
Album Reviews

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers “Years” (Bloodshot Records, 2018)

March 28, 2018 David Stevenson 0
Following on from their great success and widely-acclaimed debut ‘Sidelong’ released in 2015 which led to the band being signed to Chicago-based Bloodshot Records, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers have returned with their own sophomore effort […]
Live Reviews

Bennett Wilson Poole, Betsey Trotwood, London, 22nd March 2018

March 28, 2018 Mark Underwood 0
Much has been written about “the power of three.” Apparently it’s something to do with the evolution of the brain and how much easier it is for humans to grasp the concept of ‘threes.’  This notion […]

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Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

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As usual, we wanted to remind you about Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House later this year on […]
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Jim James “Wowed Out”

August 25, 2026 1
Jim James escapes information overload through beauty and hope. We’re living in an age of information overload, where almost everything is aimed at shocking or amazing us. Wowed Out is where Jim James thinks our brains […]
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Foy Vance to release multi-part new album and play autumn tour dates

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Emmy-winning singer-songwriter Foy Vance has announced his eighth studio album, IF, for release on 30th April 2027. Described as an autobiography in album form, IF will be released in three parts, with each part arriving as […]

  • Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!
  • Jim James “Wowed Out”
  • Foy Vance to release multi-part new album and play autumn tour dates
  • Sian & Rob Colquhoun “Sourwood Honey”
  • AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – August 2026
  • 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
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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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Video: Sturgill Simpson “Life of Sin” – Live on Fallon

January 6, 2021 1
Sturgill Simpson performed a bluegrass version of his 2014 track ‘Life of Sin’ on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show earlier this week. Sturgill and his backing band delivered the song from the legendary Station Inn in Nashville, […]
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AUK Shortcuts: We Met In June, The Thumping Tommys, Lost Post, John Jenkins, Jesca Hoop, Good News Now We Can Eat All The Vampires, Jacob Faurholt, Luba Dvorak and The Men From Nowhere

November 13, 2025 0
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently, which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, […]
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Video premiere: Peter James Millson “It’s a Trap”

May 21, 2019 0
Terrific video for a new song by Millson whose new album ‘Low-Key’ is out now, the follow up to the Boo Hewerdine produced ‘Mobile’ and his Danny George Wilson produced debut. This new record has echoes […]

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