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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: Leroy From The North “Push”

May 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
There is, of course, no-one in the band called Leroy, and the band are based in California where they have honed a mix of country-rock and Seventies style Southern rock.  So what’s this all about?  The […]
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M. Ward “New Kerrang” – let’s make a new noise, it’s a metaphor

May 26, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Kerrang?  What that heavy metal mag’?  Wow, that’s a blast from the past!  What’s that?  It’s still going?  Wow – good for them, that’s an achievement in the modern print media world.  So M. Ward has […]
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A Circle Of Friends “Not Alone On The Floor” – not about dancing

May 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
A Circle Of Friends is a Danish Americana/Indie-Folk band whose members have notched up a few years experience in previous bands and musical ventures.  They aim to bring a Danish twist to their take on Americana, […]
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Pixie & The Partygrass Boys “Gimme Shelter” – Stones covered

May 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Here’s a theory for you to disregard completely, the real difference between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones was not that one was the clean-cut crew and the other the bad boys of rock.  It’s simpler […]
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Graham Nash “Better Life” – now would be a good time to be greener

May 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, the feeling is now that the odds are better than 50% that we’re not going to keep global warming below 1.5 C.  It’s no real surprise – it’s 26 years since the Kyoto accord and […]

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Mistaken for Wayne “Whitefish”

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Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017

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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
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Boulder Fields and Mary Gauthier
  • 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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Stephen Simmons “Gall” (Independent, 2018)

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If you’re having a great day and feeling care-free, you may want to steer clear of ‘Gall,’ the new album by singer-songwriter Stephen Simmons. Recorded in his Tennessee home over the past year, Simmons plays all […]
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How I Write A Song: Ray Wylie Hubbard

March 5, 2021 0
Did you know a songwriter is like a shark that never sleeps? When asked to describe the process of creating a song, some writers, as we’ve already seen in this series, talk about their music first […]
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Ten to One: Eli West makes music the world needs on “The Shape of a Sway”

October 9, 2025 0
With his “The Shape of a Sway” album (Tender and Mild Records, 2025) released, AUK asked Eli West ten questions on a variety of topics. “Making music the world needs” is a defining statement about multi-instrumentalist […]

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