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The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: Andrew Frolish

February 26, 2026 Andrew Frolish 8
As ever, with features of this type, a great deal more time was spent reflecting, taking notes and re-listening to a huge number of great songs than was actually spent on the writing. Like most of […]
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The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: Peter Thompson

February 19, 2026 Peter Thompson 9
So what makes a song a credible candidate for the Top 10 Americana Song of All Time feature? The task of selecting the top 10 has been assigned to the AUK staff writers, but without specific […]
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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Rick Bayles

February 5, 2026 Rick Bayles 0
Ah, the ever popular, controversial list. We all know these things are totally subjective, but we all love them, largely because we love disagreeing with them; and I’m sure there’ll be plenty to disagree with here! […]
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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Graeme Tait

January 15, 2026 Graeme Tait 8
This new feature has now been running for approximately four months. During that time, I have simultaneously sympathised with my fellow writers at the magnitude of the challenge they have faced and marvelled at the array […]
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Americana UK’s first podcast of 2026 is here!

January 9, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
The first podcast of the year concentrates on tracks from artists who featured in the top positions of the readers’ poll for 2025. That means it’s class all the way from the likes of Jason Isbell, […]

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After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October

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Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”

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Cover art for Nick Mitchell Maiato album "Naquera"

Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”

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Jack Barksdale “The Scam Song” – seem’s ok and above board…

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Video Premiere: Scott Cook “Steady For You”

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Rayland Baxter
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After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October

September 2, 2026 0
Rayland Baxter’s new album, True Violet, will be released on 23rd October 2026 via ATO Records. he feels like the first time he’s truly found it. It is his first album in more than four years. […]
Album Reviews

Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”

September 2, 2026 0
Vintage country music at its very best. One of the joys of good music of any genre is its ability to transport you to another time and another place. The new album by Dom Glynn and […]
Cover art for Nick Mitchell Maiato album "Naquera"
Album Reviews

Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”

September 2, 2026 0
One Eleven Heavy’s Mitchell Maiato delivers a healthy dose of cosmic psychedelia for the 21st century. Four years have passed since we last heard from Nick Mitchell Maiato, at which time One Eleven Heavy, his sometime […]

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  • Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”
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  • Video Premiere: Scott Cook “Steady For You”
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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 […]
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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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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 […]

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Thrum (Tenement and Temple Electric), C2C Aftershow , SWG3 Glasgow,  8th March 2019

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No strangers to previous C2C fringe events, Johnny Smillie and Monica Queen appear tonight under their old moniker Thrum as opposed to their most recent incarnation, the duo Tenement and Temple, the difference perhaps best explained […]
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Mike Pope “Songs For People (High & Low)”

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Captivating album from an artist with an experimental edge. Mike Pope is an interesting musician. Seemingly well established on the local scene around San Diego in particular, and Southern California in general, he has avoided making […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Blue Rodeo “5 Days In May”

May 18, 2026 2
Blue Rodeo, veterans of the americana scene for over forty years, have several songs in their vast catalogue that remain perennial fan favourites; 5 Days In May is one such song. The opening number from Five […]

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