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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 […]
Album Reviews

Hawk And Steel “Ain’t Never Moving On”

June 26, 2026 Rick Thorn 0
Deep, reflective alt-americana that certainly rocks. Ain’t Never Moving On marks a new chapter for the band. It is their first album in almost a decade, and it is certainly well worth the wait. With ten […]

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Live Review: Levellers, The Meffs, Brakes, Kid Kapichi and Sleeper, Hove Park, Brighton – 5th September 2026

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Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!

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The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin

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Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice

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Video Premiere: The Cashville Trash Pandas “Worker’s Song (Handful of Earth)”

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Live Reviews

Live Review: Levellers, The Meffs, Brakes, Kid Kapichi and Sleeper, Hove Park, Brighton – 5th September 2026

September 25, 2026 0
If only all homecomings could be this joyful. There are homecomings, and then there are homecomings. For the Levellers, returning to Brighton for a huge outdoor show in Hove Park felt like something rather special. Following […]
News

Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!

September 25, 2026 0
One of AUK’s favourite singer-songwriters, who is also an artist and best-selling author, Josh Ritter, will tour the UK and Ireland early next year, following his last album, I Believe In You, My Honeydew. The tour […]
News

The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin

September 25, 2026 0
We’ve reached the half-century and celebrate with a deluxe double issue featuring some scintillating chat with two icons of the genre. Israel Nash talks about his reimagining of Sweetheart of the Rodeo and his songwriting process, […]

  • Live Review: Levellers, The Meffs, Brakes, Kid Kapichi and Sleeper, Hove Park, Brighton – 5th September 2026
  • Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin
  • Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice
  • Video Premiere: The Cashville Trash Pandas “Worker’s Song (Handful of Earth)”
  • The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks
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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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AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: The Ballroom Thieves

December 10, 2021 0
Over the past couple of years, we have been privileged to share some stunning and intimate miniature gigs with our readers.   In troubled times, especially when live music has been hard to come by, these home […]
Videos

Video: Ned Roberts “Angel Station”

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Last seen round these parts with the wonderful Lights On The River, this is London man Ned Roberts’ latest single our on October 20th, a lovely piece of country-hued melancholy taken from his album Outside My […]
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Album Reviews

Alan Swanwick “Astronaut”

February 8, 2023 0
A powerful and introspective debut from an Irish songwriter returning music again after a long hiatus. Cork folk singer-songwriter Alan Swanwick wrote songs in his twenties a couple of decades ago but, as he puts it, […]

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