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Americana UK’s top 20 albums of 2025: 20-11

December 19, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0
So we have reached the end of another year here at AUK and over the last few weeks we as a group of writers have been locked in a dark room until we could reach a […]
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Interview: Exploring Fate, Music, and the Cosmic Unknown with Ben Schneider of Lord Huron

October 13, 2025 John Lee 2
Americana UK recently sat down with Ben Schneider, the creative force and lead singer of Lord Huron, before their headline show at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. Known for weaving cinematic landscapes into his music, Schneider’s work on […]
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Lord Huron “The Cosmic Selector Vol.1”

July 30, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0
Deep thoughts immersed in cosmic americana. If ever your world feels overpowering then take a listen to this record and be reminded of just what tiny specks we as individuals really are. Convert gazing at the […]
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Lord Huron’s “Cosmic Selector Vol 1” lands July

May 15, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 1
Lord Huron, the project of Los Angeles-based songwriter, musician and visual artist Ben Schneider, has announced a new album, “The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1,” which is due out July 18th via Mercury Records. The band have […]
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Something for the weekend: Lord Huron “Looking Back”

May 9, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and it’s good to be back after my Colombia travails although I do miss the feeling of being in a country governed by someone who feels […]

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Ryan O’Reilly “Native Companion”

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Contemporary and traditional blend from homegrown and widely travelled teacher of song. Native Companion is the fourth collection of contemporary Celticana from the peregrine musician, that is, Ryan O’Reilly. Alongside his English roots, the Oxford-born and […]
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Jerry Joseph And The Jackmormons “I Think I’m Here” – glorious life affirming music

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Jerry Joseph, we are happy to tell you, returns – not that he’s been away exactly, but we have an insatiable appetite for the kind of music that Jerry Joseph makes, and so the news that […]
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Video Premiere: Madam Radar “The Show Must Go On”

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Madam Radar’s The Show Must Go On is an anthem for performing, celebrating the lifestyle of the touring musician. In the accompanying video premiere, directed by Garrett Jay Brown, we get to see the band on […]

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Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

May 14, 2026 0
Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

May 13, 2026 0
The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]
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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

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“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

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Book Review: Todd Almond “Slow Train Coming: Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country and Broadway’s Rebirth”

January 16, 2025 1
When he reviewed the London production of ‘Girl from the North Country’ in 2018 AUK’s Jonathan Aird said: “Did an all-singing all-dancing Bob Dylan show ever seem likely? Still no. Does Girl from the North Country […]
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Horse Feathers “Appreciation” (Kill Rock Stars, 2018)

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Made in Kentucky but with nods to Wigan. Now that is a strange thought on which to begin any review but for this, their 6th album, Horse Feathers have built upon the guitars, strings and keyboards that […]
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Lilly Hiatt, Nell’s Jazz and Blues, West Kensington London, 25th April 2018

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It would be an understatement to describe Lilly Hiatt’s introduction to London as understated. But when you are courageous enough to hang yourself out to dry, literally and metaphorically, in full view of the audience, you […]

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