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Interviews

Video Interview: Dan Stuart on Green on Red, Marlowe Billings and life

March 11, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
From rock and roll songwriter to literary writer. While they may never have got their record company’s cash registers ringing, Green on Red in the ‘80s helped in their own ramshackle way lay the foundation for […]
News

Preview: Dan Stuart “Marlowe’s Revenge” UK tour begins next week

March 8, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Dan Stuart as his alter ego Marlowe Billings (or vice versa) returns to the UK for a series of dates next week.  The sets will feature songs from his solo career and the Green On Red […]
Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 ‘Paisley Underground’ albums

July 1, 2021 Guy Lincoln 6
Time was when we used to have ‘scenes’ to belong to. ‘Scenes’ we could relate to, which reflected who we thought we were, or at least who we wanted to be and ‘scenes’ that made us […]
Interviews

Interview: Chuck Prophet in San Francisco on fires and Dan Penn

September 9, 2020 Martin Johnson 0
Chuck Prophet has had a long and fruitful career as a singer-songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, beginning with the groundbreaking Green On Red in the ‘80s before launching a successful solo career that has delivered a new […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Green on Red “Gas Food Lodging” (Zippo Records, 1985)

March 6, 2020 Clint West 1
‘Desert Rock’, ‘Paisley Underground’, Alternative Country-Rock’, ‘Garage-Country’ and ‘Country-Punk’ are all descriptions that have, at various times, been applied to Green on Red. The fact that these and plenty more descriptions can be found with a […]

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Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”

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Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”

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Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026

Live Reviews
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Krauss, Colvin and Douglas at Library of Congress 2007

Classic Clip: Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas “The Boxer”— Library of Congress, Washington, 2007

Classic Clips
September 18, 2026 1

The Dreaming Spires and Annie Keating join forces for single and live dates

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Videos

Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”

September 18, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]
Album Reviews

Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”

September 18, 2026 0
Journeyman comes full circle with an album of resonant covers that have been uniquely adapted throughout his career, tracing all the way back to his teenage days busking in Nashville. Benjamin Tod has been around the […]
Buddy Miller live
Live Reviews

Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026

September 18, 2026 0
Opening for The War and Treaty at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Buddy Miller explained how he came to crash the party and thanked the headliners and support Avery Sunshine for indulging him. Miller had a call from […]

  • Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”
  • Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”
  • Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026
  • Classic Clip: Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas “The Boxer”— Library of Congress, Washington, 2007
  • The Dreaming Spires and Annie Keating join forces for single and live dates
  • Kyle Jenkins “Palace”
  • Dennis Ellsworth “Living”
  • Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Jack Browning and Blue Twisted Steel
  • Kyshona “We The People” – only people have the power
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Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”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 […]
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. […]

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Videos

Video: John Smith “Headlong”

June 2, 2017 0
The title track of John Smith’s new album, out on June 30th, this is very good, and is indeed, live in a boat in Switzerland.
Tracks

Track Premiere: Gregg Hill “New Orleans Again”

August 15, 2023 0
Gregg Hill hails from Chicago but not exclusively – he has also called New Jersey, Dallas, D.C., NY home, and currently it is New Orleans. He travels extensively. Along with being a singer/songwriter, his sculptures are […]
AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Jon Stancer

March 4, 2022 0
Here is the latest of our occasional mini-gigs, a series of exclusive performances that we started when lockdowns put a stop to live music.  Although concerts and shows have returned, these live recordings continue to allow […]

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