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Live Review: Catherine MacLellan and Lucy Farrell, Backroads House Concert, Hertford – 20th May 2025

June 2, 2025 FredArnold 1
Well, what pleasant surprises – to find that there are Americana fans in Hertford was one, and that one such fan had created a House Concert venue just a couple of miles away. And then there […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: The Unthanks Alldayer, The Barbican, London – 10th September 2023

September 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s been a busy weekend for The Unthanks as they celebrate the reissue of three of their early albums, ‘The Bairns’, ‘Here’s The Tender Coming‘ and ‘Last.‘  It’s quite the undertaking – to play all three […]
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AUK Shortcuts April 2023: Lucy Farrell, Joe Forkan, White Rose Motor Oil, Burning Ferns, Michael Meeking, Mellisa Ruth, Lisa/Liza, The Kirals, Erika Olsen, Duncan Phillips and Innes Wilson’s Freightliner

April 28, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
Our latest Short Cuts, an occasional feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites […]
Tracks

Lucy Farrell “Paperthin” – like walls, like emotions

March 6, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Paperthin‘ is the first single from Lucy Farrell’s new album ‘We Are Only Sound‘ out on prestigious Hudson Records on April 21st, which marks her solo recording debut.  Yeah, we were surprised too – a stalwart […]

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Something for the weekend: Black Midi “Still”

April 10, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t got your tickets yet for our 25 year knees up featuring Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and a whole load more americana, you can pick them […]
Album Reviews

Charley Crockett “Age of the Ram”

April 10, 2026 0
Americana favourite delivers the final chapter of his adventurous Sagebrush Trilogy that concludes with the mythological and wide-ranging story of the ‘Outlaw’ Billy MacLane. Readers of Americana UK are likely to be very familiar with the […]
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Tift Merrit announces new album “Sugar”

April 10, 2026 1
Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]

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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
Interviews

Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

April 7, 2026 0
In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
Interviews

Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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“Wild Winter” is coming – Smoke Fairies to reissue album for 10th anniversary

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Smoke Fairies will put out a 10th anniversary reissue of their themed album “Wild Winter” via the band’s own imprint Year Seven Records on 13th December 2024. Originally released in 2014 exclusively through Rough Trade, “Wild […]
Album Reviews

Gerry Spehar “I Hold Gravity” (Independent, 2017)

May 30, 2017 0
During the 1970’s and up until 1986 Gerry Spehar was based in Colorado and had a thriving musical career.  He played as a duo with his brother George in the 70’s and in the Spehar Brothers Band with both […]
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Jethro Tull “Beltane” – Happy New Year!

May 3, 2022 0
Yesit is true, Jethro Tull are not such regular visitors to the realm of Americana UK, this however is one of their more folk-rockish songs and since it is Beltane (or was at the weekend anyway!), […]

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