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Lucinda Williams “World’s Gone Wrong”

February 6, 2026 Paul Russell 0

Superb caustic diatribe on modern times from seasoned artist. We live in troubled times and one of the most honest and up front critics and musical commentators on the prevails of the difficult times we live […]

Book Review: Cary Baker “Down On The Corner”

February 5, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Cary Baker’s opus is subtitled “Adventures in Busking & Street Music“, and it takes a look at the busking scene by focusing in on some particular artists and lively street music locations and eras when busking […]

Jimmy Fretwell “Analog Dream”

February 5, 2026 Peter Churchill 0

Acoustic intimacy draws on thirty years of songwriting rooted in the deep south. Jimmy Fretwell, formerly Jef Fretwell, grew up in Georgia and spent a decade criss-crossing the American south, frequenting bars and backrooms, coffee houses […]

Promo photo for Moon Mother album "Meadowlands"

AUK Shortcuts: Doug Kolmar, The Menards, The Rhynes, The Antennas, Dom Glynn & His Sunday Best, Tylor & The Train Robbers, Moon Mother, Stuart Warburton, and Scotty Melton

February 4, 2026 Bryan Bance 1

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, […]

The album cover artwork for "The Sky Chiefs" by The Sky Chiefs

The Sky Chiefs “The Sky Chiefs”

February 4, 2026 Andrew Raw 0

An excellent blend of The Long Ryders and The Jayhawks, with added country and twang to give it freshness. In the early 1990s, Stephen McCarthy and Kevin Pittman holed up together for a year in a […]

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

July 17, 2026 0

Jawdropped, a four-piece from Los Angeles, have announced their debut album, Secret To Spare, due 18th September via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band has also released the first single, Split Lip, along with a video […]

Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking

July 17, 2026 0

We’ve been lucky enough here at Americana UK to have been aware of Anna Tivel and her astonishing songwriting pretty much from her emergence into the folk/singer-songwriter/americana combined genres. We haven’t been shy with our praise […]

Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”

July 17, 2026 0

When Dennis McNally published A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead in 2002, he had an almost impossible task. It needed to document a band whose history was already wrapped in layers […]