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Features

I picked up the loaded dice – Jon Aird’s 2024 year in review

December 16, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1

Has this year actually finished up already?  Ignoring everything that happened for good and for ill out in the greater world, it has been a crazy musical ride – so many fantastic albums, so many amazing […]

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Americana Music Association announces nominees for 23rd Annual Honours and Awards

May 9, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The AMAUK awards take place here in January each year but over in the US, the (not UK) Americana Music Association (AMA) has announced the nominees for their 23rd Annual Americana Honours & Awards.  The awards […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: The Milk Carton Kids + Jenny Owen Youngs, The Barbican, London – 19th January 2024

February 1, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Five years to the day, Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale returned to The Barbican’s main hall, with their latest album ‘Only See the Moon’ which has garnered the kind of reviews that The Milk Carton Kids […]

Features

Pump Up The Volume – A Year of Tracks

December 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, another year steams away down the Americana UK Tracks, and it’s therefore time to do the annual compare and contrast in which we find just which songs you enjoyed each month dear readers, and compare […]

Features

Mark Whitfield, AUK Editor – My top 20 songs of 2023: Part One, 21-11

December 18, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Johann Hari wrote a terrific book recently called “Stolen Focus” on why people can’t pay attention anymore, and it comes to mind when I reflect on the past 12 months having again failed to zone in […]

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North Carolina’s Natalie Jane Hill to release third album and tour in 2026

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Classic Clips: Allison Russell “You’re Not Alone”- Americana Fest, 2022

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  • Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “Dustland”
  • Live Review: Frazey Ford + Phantom, La Maroquinerie, Paris – 30th October 2025
  • North Carolina’s Natalie Jane Hill to release third album and tour in 2026
  • Classic Clips: Allison Russell “You’re Not Alone”- Americana Fest, 2022
  • Lonesome Ace Stringband “Big Wing”
  • Live Review: An Evening with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Manchester Apollo – 25th October 2025
  • Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Tommy Emmanuel live
  • Podcast number 6 with The Wandering Hearts now live
  • The Lowest Pair “Give It All Away” – tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
  • Video Premiere: Elaine Palmer “The Losing Hand”
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  • Mark Whitfield: You should look up "Joel Roberts" Alan, another fantastic song!
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Interview: Talking New Music, Producing GRAMMY-Winning Albums, Family and Legacy with John Carter Cash

November 3, 2025 0

John Carter Cash has enjoyed a remarkable career in the music industry. Winning multiple GRAMMY awards for his work as a producer, he has collaborated with a succession of iconic artists, from John Prine to Emmylou […]

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Interview: James McMurtry discusses creativity, cancer companies and latest album The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy

October 23, 2025 3

No one could ever accuse James McMurtry of being fanciful. After all, the characters in his songs invariably are edged with such direct, keen-eyed realism, it seems like they’ve walked straight out of the diner or […]

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Interview: Ashley Monroe succeeded through hard work and sacrifice

October 15, 2025 0

When you learn that Ashley Monroe was once part of a country supergroup – Pistol Annies with Miranda Lambert and Angaleena Presley – you figure right away she must be some kind of urban cowgirl, a […]

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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 […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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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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