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Jingle Bells Friday – Spiced Rum! How can we have Christmas without spiced rum?

December 3, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Time is marching on, and it is indeed starting to look a lot like Christmas as the decorative street lights come on and that bottle of mulled wine edges its way to the front of the […]
Live Reviews

Americana Music Fest, 28th – 29th January, Various Venues, Hackney

February 21, 2020 David Chalfen 0
Americana Music Fest, organised by the Americana Music Association UK, is two glorious nights of artist showcases that take place from about 6PM until almost midnight in a half dozen venues.  That’s a lot of acts […]

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Kate Prascher “Sunday Afternoon”

Album Reviews
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Kingfishr “The Sunny Side Of The Street” – remembering Shane MacGowan

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August 26, 2026 0

Video Premiere: Ardentjohn “Into The Night”

Videos
August 26, 2026 0

Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

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Jim James “Wowed Out”

Album Reviews
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Album Reviews

Kate Prascher “Sunday Afternoon”

August 26, 2026 0
Behind the smile, a sense of dread, with anxieties flowing from all emotional directions. On her second album, Kate Prascher continues to draw from her influences: raised in Memphis, with a childhood spent amid the heart […]
Tracks

Kingfishr “The Sunny Side Of The Street” – remembering Shane MacGowan

August 26, 2026 0
Irish folk band Kingfishr are the latest to release a cover of a Shane MacGowan song in advance of the appearance of the tribute album 20th Century Paddy.   Across almost three dozen songs 20th Century Paddy […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Ardentjohn “Into The Night”

August 26, 2026 0
Into The Night is Ardentjohn’s second single of the year, following the energetic Hey Boy. It’s another song perfect for your late-summer soundtrack. Waves and layers of sound immerse you immediately, beginning with Seth Marron’s rolling, […]

  • Kate Prascher “Sunday Afternoon”
  • Kingfishr “The Sunny Side Of The Street” – remembering Shane MacGowan
  • Video Premiere: Ardentjohn “Into The Night”
  • Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!
  • Jim James “Wowed Out”
  • Foy Vance to release multi-part new album and play autumn tour dates
  • Sian & Rob Colquhoun “Sourwood Honey”
  • AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – August 2026
  • Sera Cahoone “I’ve Missed You All These Years”
  • Track Premiere: Feral Foster “Tell Old Bill”
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  • Alan Peatfield: Some very good stuff this month Graeme. However the icing on the cake is clearly Monte Warden & Wagoneers. I…
  • Stella: AGREE!!! Her songwriting is unbeatable
  • keith hargreaves: Jim chats to me on this weeks Podcast - out Friday ! An essential listen

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Interviews

Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the weird in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 0
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 […]
Interviews

Interview: Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester on why “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

August 19, 2026 0
One thing everyone quickly learns as they get older is that time waits for no one, and that life continues its unstoppable flow forward. Americana UK has followed Ferris & Sylvester’s career since their first album, […]
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Interviews

Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]

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Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: Michael Herr “Dispatches”

July 27, 2021 0
A classic account of a defining American nightmare. The Vietnam war was a watershed event in recent American history and one that is beyond the experience of the corresponding generation in Britain who never had to […]
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Album Reviews

Amy Melissen & Lee Stivers “Something Tells Me Everything Will Be Alright”

May 5, 2026 1
Homage as an access point into the musical canon. It’s almost essential for artists at the start of their musical journeys to rely heavily on the compositions of admired musicians. Whatever elements resonate more deeply are […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Alice DiMicele “Free”

March 9, 2022 0
Alice DiMicele’s real gift is her voice, which is genuinely characterful and distinctive with a hint of grit.  It’s the highlight of her new song ‘Free’ on which she also displays excellent range as her vocal […]

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