Peggy Seeger

Inaugural Folk Album Of The Year nominees announced

December 3, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

The Folk Album of the Year Award has revealed its first-ever shortlist: nine outstanding albums released in Britain and Ireland in 2025. The artists behind each project range in age, geography, background and style — a […]

Live Review: Peggy Seeger, The Haymarket, Basingstoke – 5th June 2025

June 13, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0

Peggy Seeger is a veritable force of nature; there can’t be many 89-year-olds who would set off on an 18-date tour of the UK and Ireland. The undertaking is billed as a “Final Farewell and 90th […]

Peggy Seeger “Teleology”

May 15, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

Iconic folk singer bows out in her 90th year on a high We’ve maybe become quite blasé regarding announcements from artists regarding retirement, a final album or tour, only to find them back on the treadmill […]

Live Review: Dawn Landes & Friends, Milton Court, London – 7th September 2024

October 2, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

No normal gig this, more of an event – with Dawn Landes’s latest album, ‘The Liberated Women’s Songbook‘ at the heart of it. There’s a band, there are supporting singers and musicians and there are little […]

Sonya Cohen Cramer “You’ve Been a Friend to Me”

September 23, 2024 Tim Martin 0

A collection remembering a lesser-known member of the Seeger clan, but with all the talent of her famous family. Sonya Cohen Cramer (1965–2015) came from a family with an impeccable American folk pedigree. Her father was […]

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

August 7, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm. We leave you dear reader with a new song from Nate Amos aka This […]

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

August 7, 2026 0

A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]

Interviews

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

Interviews

Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0

Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]

Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0

American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]

Videos

Video: Jerry Leger “Read Between the Lines”

January 29, 2020 0

Here’s the lovely new animated video for ‘Read Between the Lines’ by the fabulous Jerry Leger. Produced by Michael Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies, the song is reminiscent of 1960s pop and rock with echoing backing […]

Album Reviews

Evan Barber “Until the Thunder”

April 25, 2022 0

Songs of the road, love and loss feature in new album from Georgia. ‘Until the Thunder’ is Evan Barber’s first solo album after a number of other releases with his band, the Dead Gamblers. He adds […]

Album Reviews

Marisa Anderson “Still, Here”

November 17, 2022 0

Pared-down, guitar-led folk, blues and country instrumentals that could be film soundtracks – beautiful, yet occasionally unsettling. Cinematic is an overused term in music reviewing but in the case of Portland-based guitarist Marisa Anderson’s latest instrumental […]

Inaugural Folk Album Of The Year nominees announced

Live Review: Peggy Seeger, The Haymarket, Basingstoke – 5th June 2025

Peggy Seeger “Teleology”

Live Review: Dawn Landes & Friends, Milton Court, London – 7th September 2024

Sonya Cohen Cramer “You’ve Been a Friend to Me”

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

The Wild High “Listen to The Wild High”