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Track Premiere: Mark Joseph “Vegas Motel”

November 5, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Vegas Motel‘ is the title track of Mark Joseph’s third album, and is his most personal as the songs draw directly on his own experiences.  It’s also his lockdown album, having come together through 2020, but […]
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Andrew Gabbard “Getting High” – nah, not today man

November 4, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1
On the latest single from his forthcoming album ‘Homemade‘, Andrew Gabbard extolls the positives of not getting high, noting for example that “most fun I had in my lifetime I wasn’t high.”  Not that he’s gone […]
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Track Premiere: Lockwood Barr “Adderall & Alcohol”

November 4, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Lockwood Barr can claim to have music in her genes – her mother performed with John Hartford and with The Dillards, whilst her dad taught her to play the banjo.  And it’s his 1972 Gibson that […]
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Track Premiere: Mabilene “How Glad I Am”

November 3, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
With a household full of the Country and Top 40 music of her parents, Houston raised Mabilene grew up with the Trio (Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris) in one ear and ‘Born to Run‘ […]
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Track Premiere: Lee Street Lyrical “Arkansas”

November 2, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Lee Street Lyrical are a duo of Buddy Case and Casey Penn, who are preparing for the release of their debut album ‘Waiting In The Wings‘ from which today’s Track Premiere is taken.  It’s a song, […]

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Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists: AUK Readers’ Choice

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An Essentials occasional one-off feature, this one responding to our readers’ input. We ran a previous Essentials list which covered the top ten songs that name-drop other artists. As the title suggests, an artist mentions another […]
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Lawrence Rothman “Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust”

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Powerful confessional lyrics drive Lawrence Rothman’s journey to the dark side of Americana. For their fifth album, Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust, Lawrence Rothman has brought an ‘A‘ list of collaborators, including Madi Diaz, […]
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Live Review: Petunia (solo without The Vipers), The Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham – 24th September 2026

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The Kitchen Garden Café in King’s Heath, Birmingham, makes you glad people still believe in putting good music in small rooms. Attached to a restaurant and garden centre by day, it becomes an intimate music venue […]

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  • Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music
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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”

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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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The Americana UK Readers’ Poll 2022 – here are the results!

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It’s our last day of publishing for the year and as is our wont, we can reveal the winners of this year’s AUK readers’ vote. Hundreds of you voted – in fact we had more votes […]
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A firm favourite of the late great John Peel and championed by 6 Music, Davey Woodward has been a prolific songwriter for decades with bands like The Brilliant Corners, The Experimental Pop Band and Karen. Most […]
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Kasey Anderson “To the Places We Lived”

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It is said that a sequel rarely stands up to the original. Kasey Anderson shoots holes in that theory. Listening to Kasey Anderson for the first time, informed that this record will be the last of […]

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