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Track Premiere: Sam Platts & The Plainsmen “If You Haven’t Met The Wolf”

October 5, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
What do you get if you cross Woody Guthrie with Western Swing whilst taking a small hat tip toward the Grateful Dead?  You get today’s Track Premiere ‘If You Haven’t Met The Wolf‘ which must rank […]
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The Beatles “Love Me Do” – it was 60 years ago today…

October 5, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1
Although, strictly speaking (and we do like to speak strictly) this is the 2009 remaster.  No matter, Americana UK today gives the nod to the other great musical phenomenon to come out of Liverpool. October 5th […]
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Riun Garner “Still Thinking Of Us” – not just going to forget…

October 4, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Still Thinking Of Us‘ is the most recent single from Ruin Garner, who put out the EP ‘All We Know and All We Forget‘  a couple of years back.  It opens with finger picked guitar, before […]
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Mark Erelli “You’re Gonna Wanna Remember This”

October 4, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
This is a song with a more poignant story than many we have run on Americana UK, ‘You’re Gonna Wanna Remember This‘ is the lead single from Mark Erelli’s forthcoming LP, ‘Lay Your Darkness Down’, due […]
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Track Premiere: Cooper Stoulil “Halloween Town”

October 3, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Cooper Stoulil’s new release is his debut solo album ‘Someday in the Light, Again‘, which emerged when he and his Dravus House bandmate Elena Loper decided to put their duo activity on hold for the duration […]

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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 5
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”
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  • Classic Clips: Chris Hillman “Turn! Turn! Turn!” – Live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, 2017
  • The Oystermen “Darn Tootin”
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  • Live Review: Joe Martin + Maggie May Treanor, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 26th September 2026
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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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Dreamy indie-americana folk with very skilfully written music. Mipso were originally formed in 2012 in Chapel Hill in central North Carolina. “Book Of Fools” is their sixth studio album and is a record that grows on […]
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Middle age may have arrived but their rock & roll shoes still fit. It may come as a surprise, but Deer Tick have been in existence for nearly twenty years, and ‘Emotional Contracts’ is their eighth […]
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Yung Wu “Shore Leave” (Bar/None Records 2018)

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An album from 1987 which sold less than 5,000 copies on release, this is essentially a side project by the percussionist from the band, the Feelies –Dan Weckerman here taking the role of lead vocalist and […]

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