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  • [ September 2, 2026 ] After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October News
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Americana UK Deputy Editor Jon Aird has a daily listen to the best new americana tracks

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Track Premiere: Jaspar Lepak “On The Inside”

September 3, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
The latest song from Jaspar Lepak is an upbeat declaration of personal hope that resonates strongly with the times, making for a beacon of hope in what can seem like a darkening world.   Jaspar Lepak shared […]
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Jack Barksdale “The Scam Song” – seem’s ok and above board…

September 2, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Jack Barksdale takes a satirical look at the way economics appears to work for the already wealthy, or well-connected. On The Scam Song, he compares the well-known money transfer request scam to the equally well-known situation […]
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Mary Gauthier “Alcohol and Adderall” – addiction blues

September 1, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
The thing is that Mary Gauthier knows what she’s talking about on the latest single from her upcoming album Reckoning, which is released September 25th on Soundly/Thirty Tigers.  Not that this song, which those who caught […]
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Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

August 28, 2026 Mark Whitfield 2
Well that’s it from us for this week, and what a sad week it’s been for not just the americana and country communities but for, well human decency. Plaudits can be cloying when someone moves on […]
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Jason James “Honky Tonks In Mind” – let’s grab a drink, eh?

August 27, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Today’s new track takes us deep into traditional Country with a rollicking visit to the local Honky Tonks with Jason James.  The Texas troubadour sings a lively traditional-country romp about a man who knows a night […]

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Track Premiere: Jaspar Lepak “On The Inside”

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Video: Cole Gallagher “Chatting Through Steel (Revisited)” ft. David Hidalgo

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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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Tracks

Track Premiere: Jaspar Lepak “On The Inside”

September 3, 2026 0
The latest song from Jaspar Lepak is an upbeat declaration of personal hope that resonates strongly with the times, making for a beacon of hope in what can seem like a darkening world.   Jaspar Lepak shared […]
Videos

Video: Cole Gallagher “Chatting Through Steel (Revisited)” ft. David Hidalgo

September 3, 2026 0
Here is the dramatic video for Chatting Through Steel (Revisited) by Cole Gallagher. David Hidalgo of Los Lobos adds gritty, characterful vocals, complementing Gallagher’s own impassioned voice as he sings with compassion about immigration and the […]
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. […]

  • Track Premiere: Jaspar Lepak “On The Inside”
  • Video: Cole Gallagher “Chatting Through Steel (Revisited)” ft. David Hidalgo
  • After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October
  • 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”
  • AUK Short Cuts: Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil, Kevin Coleman, Bay Station, Mudlarks, Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock, and Ben Walden
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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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Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears “Head In The Sand”

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Eclectic mix of genres and self-critical reflections following traumatic times. Nashville’s celebrated guitarist and singer-songwriter Sean Thompson released his first album ‘Weird Ears’ in 2022. That was very much a country record in which he demonstrated […]

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