Alex Amen

The latest AUK podcast is now available featuring Sophie Moore

July 24, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

This week’s podcast features a delightful chat with Sophie Moore, whose album Trouble In Mind is out today. Sussex-based Sophie tells how the album came about and the power of asking the question as she relates […]

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 Martin Johnson 4

Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring author and journalist Liz Thomson

July 10, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 1

This week, Keith has a wonderful chat with Liz Thomson, esteemed journalist, author, broadcaster, activist, and founder of The Village Trip. There’s new stuff from Alex Amen, Electric Elm, Hawk & Steel, Rhiannon Giddens, and Jason […]

artwork for Alex Amen album "Sun of Amen" -

Alex Amen “Sun Of Amen”

June 11, 2026 Ian C Rothery 0

The immediate retro vibe transports you through space and time into the canyons, mountains, streams and the windmills of your mind. One of the wonderful, and indeed miraculous, attributes of this mysterious thing called music is […]

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers and Dylan LeBlanc

May 15, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

A double bill of interviews this week finds Keith talking to Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers as they tour the UK and Dylan LeBlanc as he takes time out from recording a family project. There’s […]

Billy Strings “So Much For Goodbyes”

September 7, 2026 0

Billy Strings plays through the pain to deliver an exceptional performance. Much has been written of Billy Strings’ experience growing up in Michigan, losing his father to a drug overdose at the age of 2 and […]

Elanor Moss “The Knife, The Needle”

September 7, 2026 0

Insightful lyrics and a delicate voice contrast with full-bodied horns to make a debut that feels authentically true to itself. They say art does not come easy, and that’s certainly something Elanor Moss found when trying […]

Stornoway live at the Found Festival, Claydon Hall, Bucks -29th to 31st August 2026

Live Review: Found Festival, Claydon Hall, Bucks – 29th-31st August 2026

September 7, 2026 1

Found festival reminded me of the very first End Of The Road back in 2006: compact, homely, community-orientated and skilfully curated. The panoramic melodies, wide pastoral instrumentation and whimsical lyricism of local-ish heroes Stornoway instantly induced […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Interviews

Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1

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 […]

Album Reviews

Linda Lay “Linda Lay”

May 30, 2022 0

High class traditional bluegrass with some interesting choices of cover versions. Linda Lay grew up just outside Bristol, Tennessee. This has long been an area steeped in Bluegrass and Folk music, and Lay hasn’t strayed far […]

Album Reviews

Michael Rank “Red Hand” (Louds Hymn, 2016)

October 13, 2016 0

Michael Rank continues ploughing his exceptionally productive furrow which has seen him release six albums in four years. His previous offering, 2015’s ‘Horsehair’ was described by No Depression as “a superb album” while Americana Music Show […]

Album Reviews

Handsome Jack “Barnburners”

February 11, 2026 0

Trio reliably deliver another set of short but sweet feelgood songs. Handsome Jack is an exemplar of the typical three-man high-energy rock group (electric guitar, bass, and drums), and the trio attack the blues, boogie, roots […]

The latest AUK podcast is now available featuring Sophie Moore

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring author and journalist Liz Thomson

Alex Amen “Sun Of Amen”

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers and Dylan LeBlanc

Billy Strings “So Much For Goodbyes”

Elanor Moss “The Knife, The Needle”

Live Review: Found Festival, Claydon Hall, Bucks – 29th-31st August 2026

Jake Bugg returns with new album and UK & Ireland tour dates

A. Lee Edwards “Interpreting Heart Sounds, Vol. 2”