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Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2025: the rest of the best

December 18, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

We will be publishing our albums of the year from tomorrow starting with numbers 20-11, as chosen by AUK’s writing team. But which albums almost made the list? Here are those which didn’t quite reach the […]

Album Art for Red Birds album "Things We Thought We Were Done With"

Red Birds “Things We Thought We Were Done With”

May 12, 2025 Andy Short 2

Exceptional recording from Maryland’s Red Birds. The Red Birds return with an album that explores the human condition, its flaws, constant anxiety, and even boredom, leaving a pocket of hope that underneath all is good. “Things […]

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

April 17, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Regular readers will no doubt be sick to death now of me plugging this guy but his stuff is so good and as if any more proof was […]

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

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Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]

Remedy Motel “Counting Sand”

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Utah band on a roll with their second ‘comeback’ album after a 15-year hiatus. You feel as though you should showcase this band in our Feature article More People Really Should Know About..…because, despite the fact […]

Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2025: the rest of the best

Red Birds “Things We Thought We Were Done With”

Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

Remedy Motel “Counting Sand”

Book review: Richard Houghton “Iain Matthews: A People’s History”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Joseph Martone