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My Girl The River

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My Girl The River “Information Highway” – let’s head off grid…

November 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

This is the latest, just released, single from Americana UK regulars My Girl The River – of whom we’d hope you’re familiar by now.  But if not – the band is fronted by UK based Louisiana […]

Videos

Exclusive AUK Black Deer Backstage Video: My Girl The River

July 10, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

The Black Deer Festival 2023 was, as ever, an escape into a fantastic world of music and American culture.  There are still a few Super Early Bird tickets left for 2024 here.  The range of acts across […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: My Girl The River “Solitaire”

September 28, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

My Girl The River are the perfect example of Americana that is also UK – fronted by the now UK based Louisiana native Kris Wilkinson on vocals and acoustic guitar the band consists of her partner […]

Interviews

Interview: Kris Wilkinson Hughes on The ARC Tour with Kate Ellis and Anna Howie

May 10, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Born in Louisiana but semi-Anglicised by over twenty years in the UK, the epitome of Americana UK. If you were looking for a typical Americana UK artist then you would be hard pushed to find a […]

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Jake Bugg announced as latest act joining Black Deer Festival 2022

November 25, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

Black Deer Festival organisers have announced more acts for their three-day festival. The event will return to Erridge Park, Kent, in June 2022 after two pandemic-related postponements. New additions to the 2022 lineup include: Pokey LaFarge, […]

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Interviews

Interview: Danny O’Keefe on making circular turns and having a good time

November 21, 2023 0

Still writing new songs in his ninth decade and celebrating his catalogue. Singer-songwriters write songs, and that is exactly what Danny O’Keefe has been doing all his working life, and he is still doing it in […]

Interviews

Interview: Corey Ledet on helping preserve the Louisiana dialect Kouri-Vini through songwriting

November 14, 2023 0

Why language and culture enhance the authenticity of music. Corey Ledet is one of the leading Creole and zydeco musicians of his generation, with a Grammy nomination to prove it, and an Americana UK favourite. With […]

Interviews

Interview: Carla Olson on the joys of collaborating and producing

November 7, 2023 2

Celebrating a life of playing and listening to music and tipping her hat to Paladin. Carla Olson first came to the wider attention of the listening public with her band the Textones who were part of […]

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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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Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

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 […]

Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Martin Johnson

August 31, 2023 27

How does anyone go about determining the top ten americana artists ever, and once you’ve worked that one out, how do you rank them in a meaningful way? These are the legitimate questions facing Americana UK […]

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Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 25

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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