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Something for the weekend: Energy Orchard “Wasted”

June 2, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1
That’s it for another week from us dear reader and rather than leave you with something new for once, we’re playing out for the weekend with a track from the late Bap Kennedy’s old band Energy […]
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Casey James Prestwood “Wine Drunk” – set ’em up barkeep

June 2, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Casey James Prestwood has been a nominee for Honky-Tonker of the year at the Ameripolitan Awards (nope, us neither, but we probably should have – sounds like a great event and we literally cannot wait for […]
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Track Premiere: Michelle Billingsley “Champagne Toast”

June 1, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Ah, the Champagne toast – the universal affirmation of happiness and approval and all good wishes.  Well, perhaps not for Michelle Billingsley who is in a much more ironic mood as she makes the traditional gesture […]
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Golden Oak “Geese” – Our pastoral perfection, imagined

May 31, 2023 Jonathan Aird 2
Golden Oak is an indie/folk band based out of Portland, Maine, and fronted by siblings Zak and Lena Kendall, with up-right bassist Mike Knowles and Drummer Jackson Cromwell completing the line-up.  On ‘Geese‘ they contemplate the […]
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Lucinda Williams “Where The Song Will Find Me” – Waiting for the muse to turn up

May 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Lucinda Williams is a legend, and never more so than in her resilient majesty on recent tours and here with a song from the new album ‘Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart’ (out June 30th via […]

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Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson

October 2, 2026 11
We’re sorry to end this week with some sad news for regular readers which some of you will know already via social media. It’s been a very tough last few days for us as a team […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness

October 2, 2026 0
Kyp Harness makes music on his own terms and has been doing it for 35 years. He is prolific, having put out 20 independent albums of storytelling and melody, with his latest (Lovely) released in April […]
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Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

October 2, 2026 0
Musical pursuits in the heart of rural Canadian life. Not only outside the music industry but within its margins (much less frequently at its very core), there are those for whom music is one of several […]

  • Some sad news to end the week with: Americana UK loses two of our best, Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson
  • Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kyp Harness
  • Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”
  • Jake Bugg announces a fortnight of intimate record store appearances
  • Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017
  • The Oystermen “Darn Tootin”
  • Our new supporters playlist is out today – win a pair of tickets to 2027’s Cambridge Folk Festival
  • Live Review: Joe Martin + Maggie May Treanor, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 26th September 2026
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  • Michael Hurley “The Werewolf Song” – howls at the moon
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
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”

September 15, 2026 0
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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Video: Jason McNiff “Cairo (Stuck In The Past)”

May 5, 2017 0
Taken from his double CD retrospective anthology, Rain Dries Your Eyes, out now, this is a great song from the much underrated Jason McNiff.
Album Reviews

Who? What? Where? Why? & Werewolves “Greatest Hits” (Independent, 2019)

May 30, 2019 0
Indie bluegrass from Philadelphia? Complicated moniker? Super ironic album title? Hipster alert senses are tingling with this reviewer. However, let’s not judge a book by its cover. These guys (Andrew Fullerton and Matt Orlando) were formerly […]
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Classic Clips: John Wesley Harding and Bruce Springsteen “Wreck On The Highway” – Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, May 2010

June 24, 2022 1
Since 2009, John Wesley Harding, aka Wesley Stace or Wes (as he prefers to be known), has put together over 100 of what he calls his “Cabinet Of Wonders” shows. They’re vaudeville affairs bringing together musicians, […]

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