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Something for the weekend: The Milk Carton Kids “Running on Sweet Smile”

October 21, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it for another week dear reader. Half the world will no doubt be listening to the new Taylor Swift album today in which looking at the tracklist on Spotify she swears like a trooper […]
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Bob Dylan “Going, Going, Gone” – well, this seems apt

October 21, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1
One of our occasional thought-for-the-day songs – and history is happening all around us with a new pub quiz answer having arrived in the shape of a resignation announced yesterday.  And, as ever, Dylan has an […]
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Veronica Stanton “Quick Fix” – no such thing, but you can keep trying

October 21, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
As we write this we can’t help but wonder how much more appropriate to our times the words “Maybe tomorrow I’ll get to go and do what I’m supposed to do” and, even more so, “But […]
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The Foxgloves “Mama Was A Bandit” – lets go…rob a train

October 20, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Foxglove – genus Digitalis – is a plant with a dual nature: it has been useful medicinally but it’s also highly toxic.  It’s also an incredibly attractive plant.  Beautiful, healing and deadly in large doses – […]
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Track Premiere: Suzannah “Is There Any Love In Your Heart”

October 20, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Baltimore-based singer songwriter Suzannah shows yet another side to her musical character with today’s premiere of her new single ‘Is There Any Love In Your Heart‘, the third to be taken from her debut album of the same […]

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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 6
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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AUK Back Pages No. 20

November 18, 2025 2
It’s time (almost) to light the candles on the cake and sing Happy Birthday to Americana UK as we enter our 10th year in 2011. In reality, AUK celebrated this anniversary much later in the year, […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez “Him Who Saved Me”

May 5, 2026 1
A few weeks ago, James Wesley Voight, otherwise known as Chip Taylor, died. He is best known for writing classics such as Wild Thing and Angel of the Morning; however, the songs he wrote for and […]
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Video Premiere: Little Misty “Windmill (Live at The Treehouse Music Collective)”

March 6, 2023 0
A snowstorm can’t stop Little Misty from delivering a beautiful live version of ‘Windmill’.  The Montreal based quintet filmed this session at the Treehouse Music Collective in the ski town of St-Adèle Quebec.  Gorgeous shots of […]

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