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Video Review of the Year 2022

December 23, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
It’s that time of year again, folks, when we look forward to some festive fun and reflect on another year that has flown by (they do seem to be getting quicker).  Throughout another turbulent year, our […]
Features

Americana UK’s top album of 2022 (and our runner-up)

December 21, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0
Over the last couple of days we have been counting down our top Americana albums of 2022 and we have now reached the top two – two albums which are both worthy contenders for the title […]
Features

Americana UK’s Top 10 albums of 2022 – Numbers 10-7

December 19, 2022 Mark Whitfield 1
So 2022 – the first year which has felt like a normal year in a long time, and then only relatively speaking. It has however been a year where full-on album releases have returned, some of […]
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Video Premiere: Dean Owens “La Lomita”

October 24, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Just in time for Halloween, Dean Owens brings us something a little spooky in his brand new video for ‘La Lomita’.  Ruth Barrie of Waltzer Films, helped with makeup by Dallas Henderson, has created a truly […]
News

Glasgow Americana to return in October

September 26, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Glasgow Americana returns for its 15th annual Americana festival. The seven shows will run from the 5th through the 9th of October at various venues across the city. The line-up includes over twenty musicians from the […]

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Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in

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July 14, 2026 0

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

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Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

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Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”

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Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in

July 14, 2026 0
Vancouver-born, Toronto-based singer-songwriter Alex Southey has released an absorbing new single. Green Sunday opens with gently insistent guitar before lush layers are introduced and, halfway through, percussion is ushered in, giving the song a greater urgency. […]
Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 3
Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]
Album Reviews

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1
No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

  • Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”
  • Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”
  • Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers
  • Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 244 “There by the grace…”
  • Kaatwalk “Open Your Eyes” – can you really not see what’s before you?
  • Video: American Aquarium “Twin Flames” (Live From Echo Mountain)
  • Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”
  • Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
Interviews

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

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10 Americana songs with great lyrics

May 26, 2020 4
Mark Underwood continues with the fourth in his irregular feature on music by great songwriters with great lyrics, this time taking you through classics from the likes of Gretchen Peters, Kathleen Edwards, Bob Dylan and Tom […]
Features

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Helen Jones

July 7, 2022 0
Like most of you, I consume a lot of new music. In getting through such a large amount of new material, obviously some things don’t make it into my regular rotation and some do. It was […]
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Video Premiere: Jesper Lindell “If There Comes a Time”

July 27, 2022 0
The video for ‘If There Comes a Time’ from Jesper Lindell is an artfully shot performance piece in which we see the full band at work.  This is fitting because one of the song’s strengths is […]

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