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Track premiere: Viking Moses “Clown School”

May 16, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Brendon Massei, aka Viking Moses, has been writing, recording music since he was a teenager. He’s toured with Deer Tick, Scout Niblett and Nat Baldwin of the Dirty Projectors. Strongly lyrical, his songs are played out […]
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Howie Payne “Some Weekend Night” – Listen

May 12, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Former Stands frontman Howie Payne has lifted this new version of ‘Some Weekend Night’ from the forthcoming boxset ‘The Stands Recordings 2003-2005’, due for release June 23rd on limited edition vinyl. The serious Ennio Morricone guitar […]
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Radnor & Lee “Be Like the Being” – Listen

May 11, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
This is lovely. Actor/musician Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) and indie-troubadour Ben Lee have formed a new indie-pop duo by the name Radnor and Lee. The duo’s debut LP is due out later this […]
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Martha Tilston “Stories” – Listen

May 4, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
‘Stories’ is the second single to be taken from Martha Tilston’s forthcoming album “Nomad” which is set for release on Friday next week. Speaking about the song, she says: “‘Stories’ is about climbing up from the difficult […]
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Sarah Jane Scouten “Bang Bang” – Listen

May 3, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Two-time Canadian Folk Music Award Nominee, Sarah Jane Scouten has announced the release of new album “When The Bloom Falls From The Rose” on June 16th, which includes the new bluesy-rockabilly single Bang Bang. The album […]

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Arborist returns with fourth album “Looking For Love” in the autumn

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Kingfishr “The Sunny Side Of The Street” – remembering Shane MacGowan

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Video Premiere: Ardentjohn “Into The Night”

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Ferris & Sylvester “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 26, 2026 0
Lush romanticism, married with a melting pot of musical styles, informs a confident and commercial new album from a musical couple in control. In his excellent Rough Guide to Country Music, Kurt Wolff devotes a chapter […]
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Arborist returns with fourth album “Looking For Love” in the autumn

August 26, 2026 0
Arborist, the musical outlet of singer-songwriter Mark McCambridge, has announced a new album, Looking For Love, will be released via Fika Recordings on 16th October 2026 – Looking For Love is Arborist’s first album to be […]
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Kate Prascher “Sunday Afternoon”

August 26, 2026 0
Behind the smile, a sense of dread, with anxieties flowing from all emotional directions. On her second album, Kate Prascher continues to draw from her influences: raised in Memphis, with a childhood spent amid the heart […]

  • Ferris & Sylvester “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”
  • Arborist returns with fourth album “Looking For Love” in the autumn
  • Kate Prascher “Sunday Afternoon”
  • Kingfishr “The Sunny Side Of The Street” – remembering Shane MacGowan
  • Video Premiere: Ardentjohn “Into The Night”
  • Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!
  • Jim James “Wowed Out”
  • Foy Vance to release multi-part new album and play autumn tour dates
  • Sian & Rob Colquhoun “Sourwood Honey”
  • AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – August 2026
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  • Alan Peatfield: Some very good stuff this month Graeme. However the icing on the cake is clearly Monte Warden & Wagoneers. I…
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the weird in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 0
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]
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Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]

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Album three and band sixteen from Minnesota-based Tony Thomas. It’s an admiral quality in musicians to play a wide variety of styles over one’s career – and Minneapolis-based Tony Thomas has flexed his musical muscles in […]
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Exclusive AUK Black Deer Backstage Video: My Girl The River

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The Black Deer Festival 2023 was, as ever, an escape into a fantastic world of music and American culture.  There are still a few Super Early Bird tickets left for 2024 here.  The range of acts across […]

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