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AUK’s Back Pages No. 2

March 21, 2024 Paul Kerr 2

It’s 2005 and Americana UK is now in its fourth year. It’s the first full year that we distributed our monthly CD compilations to “Friends Of Americana UK,” i.e. those who had chipped in £5 a […]

Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 109

August 18, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Have I made the right decision … For the first year in a long, long time (pandemic notwithstanding) I will not be attending the End of the Road festival. It has been a regular feature of […]

Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Josh Rouse songs

April 13, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 4

Josh Rouse sits at the table marked mellow singer-songwriter. For many he is a hugely underrated songwriter with a knack for a melody; for others he is a bit anodyne but when he is tapped into […]

Features

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Mark Whitfield

September 22, 2022 Mark Whitfield 7

Features Editor Clint West writes: Today we complete our writers’ choices of the ‘Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century’ with the selections of our founder, editor and guru Mark Whitfield. It’s been a fascinating […]

Album Reviews

Josh Rouse “Going Places”

July 28, 2022 Helen Jones 1

A pleasant if undemanding album that asks little of the listener and gives little in return. Josh Rouse spent the throes of the Covid-19 lockdowns in Spain where he, like so many during that time, conceived […]

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Bruce Springsteen “Repo Man” – that’s mine now, pal

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Essentials: The Top 10 First Aid Kit Songs

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Cory Hanson is back and loving the people – praise be!

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  • Bruce Springsteen “Repo Man” – that’s mine now, pal
  • Essentials: The Top 10 First Aid Kit Songs
  • Peggy Seeger “Teleology”
  • Cory Hanson is back and loving the people – praise be!
  • Tara Beier “Mourning Doves of Joshua Tree”
  • AUK Short Cuts April 2025: Sunken Lands, Red Moon Joe, Charlie Williams, Terence Blacker, Ryan Sterling, Marv Rogers, The Verdin Brothers, Eric Andersen and Dave Desmelik
  • Lord Huron’s “Cosmic Selector Vol 1” lands July
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  • Tony Burke: Excellent piece on the Feat. I have a whole row of their CDs on the shelves - including the later…
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Interview: Vanessa Collier Does It Her own Way

April 29, 2025 0

Be daring, be yourself, be willing to take risks and stand alone. Vanessa Collier’s music is gritty, raw, and at times, either downright sad or bubbling happy. As with most songwriters worth their salt, her songs […]

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Interview: Angela Easterling on her music, her kids and her grandpa’s farm

April 9, 2025 0

“All of a sudden, time stood still, and we watched our plans and expectations float away like lost balloons.” For Angela Easterling, life began in South Carolina and, except for college years in Boston, has been […]

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Interview: Maya de Vitry on different versions of herself

March 20, 2025 0

Past, present and future are inseparable in her songs. There is an openness to Maya de Vitry that is refreshing to come by. Formerly in the Stray Birds, a bluegrass band, the Lancaster, Pennsylvania-born musician is […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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