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Katherine Priddy “Daybreaker” – winter chill morning

February 5, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Katherine Priddy’s new single ‘Daybreaker‘ can be safely claimed as literate – it is, after all, her second collaboration with Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate.   It is a setting of a winter themed poem, this time […]
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Taylor Rae “Maybe I’m The Villain” – One of us must be…

February 4, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Taylor Rae is preparing to release her second album ‘The Void‘ on April 18th.  It sees the Austin based singer-songwriter turn her focus from the road and constant touring – she typically plays 200 shows each […]
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Track Premiere: The Seldom Scene “Farewell Angelina”

February 3, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Few are the bands that can continue for 53 years without the occasional change in the line-up and The Seldom Scene have taken that tendency to change to the fullest conclusion – although there are members […]
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Folk Tracks Roundup – January 2025

January 31, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
And so the ever-popular Folk Roundup returns after a short pause to allow for the flood of Winter Festival Themed songs (you remember all of them).  And in this return there’s a very modern folk feel […]
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Craig Finn “People Of Substance” – good to hang around with

January 31, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Taking a break from his regular day job as frontman of the Hold Steady, Craig Finn is preparing his latest solo album for release on April 4th.  On ‘Always Been‘ Finn has been working with Adam […]

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“The spirit of Americana UK” – our writing team remembers Paul Kerr

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It’s been a sad time for us here in the AUK community with the loss of two of our writers in such a short period of time, and the loss of our Live Reviews Editor for […]
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The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Fred Arnold

October 8, 2026 0
It’s the third in the new Feature, seeking out the best americana album by a UK artist, and Fred Arnold throws his hat in the ring this week What a challenge is this? – as a […]
Album artwork. An old locomotive moves through railroad tracks below a large moon. The caption reads Bill Scorzari, Sidereal Days (Day 2)
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Bill Scorzari “Sidereal Days (Day 2)”

October 8, 2026 0
Part two of Bill Scorzari’s double-album project has him weaving from love lost to love kept and on the go. Bill Scorzari is a former New York trial lawyer with a Walt Whitman beard that extends […]

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  • The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Fred Arnold
  • Bill Scorzari “Sidereal Days (Day 2)”
  • Live Review: The Annie Keating Band + The Dreaming Spires, Little Rabbit Barn, Ardleigh, Colchester – 2nd October 2026
  • The Brothers Gillespie “Kingfisher”
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  • Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

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The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

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If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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After a five-year hiatus, Uncle Lucius released their new album ‘Like It’s The Last One Left’ on Friday just gone via Boo Clap Records/Thirty Tigers, alongside an official music video for ‘All The Angelenos’, which you […]
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J. Isaiah Evans and The Boss Tweed “Americana Radio”

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Country and rock ‘n’ roll-inspired, organ-driven roots rock with fire and respect. Well, this is a very interesting album – americana imagined through the influence of Booker T, Jimmy Smith, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley with […]
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In case you missed it: A UK festival announcement round-up.

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Just before Christmas, many of the festivals announced their line-ups. They dropped exciting news about headliners, and some early-bird tickets went on sale, but in the wave of office parties, desperate gift wrapping, and dodging ‘Last […]

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