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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Andy Short

November 13, 2025 Andy Short 8

Asking someone to list an all-time top ten of anything can be difficult. It is a personal choice, and what one individual loves, others don’t care for. For this assignment, it is the “Top 10 Americana […]

More People Should Know About: Sam Baker

July 9, 2024 Jonathan Smith 3

Sam Baker is an American singer songwriter, artist and photographer. He has a feel for writing words and melodies which are sparse, full of space and humanity and quiet poetry. There is a kind of sage-like […]

Middlesbrough kicks off its folk & country programme with Teilhard Frost & Sam Baker

January 28, 2020 Mark Underwood 0

Middlesbrough town hall is set to host two folk and country artists on Thursday and Friday of this week. Opening proceedings is Canadian fiddle-player Teilhard Frost on Thursday with Texan folk musician Sam Baker to follow […]

AmericanaFest 2020 – over 75 artist head to London next month!

December 2, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

We’ve already covered 2020’s AmericanaFest which returns to the UK at the end of January next year, and now details are emerging of the array of artists who’ll be playing the festival which is, er, extensive […]

Sam Baker “Horses and Stars” (Independent, 2019)

August 2, 2019 Jim Finnie 0

Coming 15 years after his debut album, ‘Mercy’, Sam Baker has released his first live album and ‘Horses and Stars’ is a corker of a record that captures everything that is great about his live performances. […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

May 11, 2026 0

The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

May 11, 2026 0

Nordic americana with a slightly heavier tinge. I’m Kingfisher is the alter ego of Swedish singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson. Give Up Together is his sixth album under that guise and comes three years after his last release, […]

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

May 11, 2026 0

Igloo Hearts are James and Katie MacGregor, a married folk-pop duo from North Wales. For our next AUK mini-gig, they kindly agreed to share some of their latest songs with our readers and viewers. Since appearing […]

Interviews

Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0

Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]

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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]

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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0

David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

Album Reviews

Starpainter “Rattlesnake Dream”

July 6, 2023 0

Delve into Starpainter’s uneasy prairie-cosmos of sparkling yet hazy alt-country. Somewhere out on the Canadian prairie, there’s a small town. Its community is frayed around the edges, unstable, a mix of restless itinerants and entrenched lifers […]

Album Reviews

Ron Sexsmith “Hangover Terrace”

September 1, 2025 0

An album filled with melancholic pop-folk and baroque elegance, ranging from warm acoustic nostalgia to articulate social commentary. The title for Ron Sexsmith’s 18th album is based on jokes his drummer, Don Kerr, made as they […]

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Malin Pettersen “Wildhorse Dream” – Listen

October 2, 2020 0

Having had some success in Norway in the band Lucky Lips and as a solo artist, Malin Pettersen has upped the stakes by recording her latest album ‘Wildhorse‘ in Nashville, with a pick of backing musicians. […]

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Andy Short

More People Should Know About: Sam Baker

Middlesbrough kicks off its folk & country programme with Teilhard Frost & Sam Baker

AmericanaFest 2020 – over 75 artist head to London next month!

Sam Baker “Horses and Stars” (Independent, 2019)

For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

Peter Case “At McCabe’s: My Life to Live”

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”