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Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

July 31, 2026 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from case/lang/veirs who have this week shared their cover of Patti Smith’s track People Have The Power which […]
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The latest AUK podcast is now available featuring Ella Spencer on Maverick and Jim Keller on Vinylly

May 29, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
This week’s podcast finds Keith wrestling with technical issues (mainly his own incompetence) to bring you two interviews. First up, Ella Spencer (one of our Americana 25 artists) talking about Maverick festival and much more, and […]
News

Laura Veirs to release an August album before touring the UK in September

May 21, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
Esteemed Portland, Oregon-based artist Laura Veirs has announced that her new album, Temple Songs, will come out on 14th August via her label Raven Marching Band Records. Veirs has also shared her lead single Flying Into […]
Artwork for Laura Veirs album “Laura Veirs And The Choir Who Couldn’t Say (Live In Angoulême)”
Album Reviews

Laura Veirs “Laura Veirs and the Choir Who Couldn’t Say (Live In Angoulême)”

October 7, 2025 Peter Thompson 0
This collaboration between Laura Veirs and a French school choir offers a different perspective on songs from Veirs’ back catalogue. Don’t you just love an album with a fascinating back story? Well, this album has one […]
Laura Veirs & The Choir Who Couldn't Say
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Laura Veirs to release live album with French children’s choir in October

August 20, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Laura Veirs will put out a new live album, “Laura Veirs And The Choir Who Couldn’t Say (Live In Angoulême)”, digitally on 10th October via her own label Raven Marching Band. The recording documents Veirs’ May […]

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Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win tickets to see Dawn Landes live

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If you’re not subscribing to our monthly supporters newsletter you’ll be missing out on our exclusive supporters playlist of the best new americana we’ve heard over the last few weeks which this month includes new tracks […]
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The latest AUK Podcast featuring Dogwood Tales is available now

August 7, 2026 0
This week’s podcast features the band Dogwood Tales in conversation as they wait for their album, Every Star In Rockingham County, to come out on 28th of this month. There’s also a couple of new tracks […]
Tracks

Icarus Phoenix “Choke” – and now I can barely speak

August 7, 2026 0
And to end the week on Tracks we have a new release from Icarus Phoenix, the Baltimore-based, Montana/Utah-rooted band led by Drew Danburry.  Choke is a song that Drew tells us “is about running away from […]

  • Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win tickets to see Dawn Landes live
  • The latest AUK Podcast featuring Dogwood Tales is available now
  • Icarus Phoenix “Choke” – and now I can barely speak
  • Video Premiere: Izzie Walsh “I Need You More”
  • Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs
  • Bird “Held Here Together”
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Chris Shiflett “Long, Long, Year” – seems like so much longer…

August 9, 2022 0
Chris Shiflett says of his new song that: “The line ‘It’s been a long, long year’ was rattling around my head for obvious reasons, but I framed it as a love song,” and ‘Long, Long Year‘ […]
Album Reviews

Various Artists “The Social Power Of Music” (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2019)

February 19, 2019 1
This characteristically vast collection from Smithsonian Folkways tackles a multitude of musical forms and interpretations of the term “social power” over four jam-packed CDs. The four discs are, more or less, themed – CD1 is ‘Songs […]
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Jason Isbell and Jerry Douglas cover Tom Petty’s “You Got Lucky” – Watch

October 17, 2017 0
A match made in heaven as it were.  RS Country report: “”I’d like to bring out a very special guest,” Jason Isbell told a hometown crowd at the Ryman Auditorium last night, during the final moments of […]

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