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The Stephen Stanley Band “Jimmy & The Moon” (Wolfe Island Records, 2017)

March 5, 2018 David Cowling 1
Most people wilfully misremember the 1980’s – they selectively associate the decade with musical excesses with 12” extended mixes of new romantic and electro-pop music. Parallel to this were a myriad of other things, one of […]

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“The spirit of Americana UK” – our writing team remembers Paul Kerr

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The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Fred Arnold

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Bill Scorzari “Sidereal Days (Day 2)”

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Live Review: The Annie Keating Band + The Dreaming Spires, Little Rabbit Barn, Ardleigh, Colchester – 2nd October 2026

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Video: Jessi Colter “Same Old Blues” – a lost treasure

October 9, 2026 0
Four-time GRAMMY Award-winning Shooter Jennings has put together a second album of previously unknown songs from his country-superstar father, Waylon Jennings. Same Old Blues features the voice of Jessi Colter, his mother and Waylon’s wife. Two […]
Features

“The spirit of Americana UK” – our writing team remembers Paul Kerr

October 8, 2026 0
It’s been a sad time for us here in the AUK community with the loss of two of our writers in such a short period of time, and the loss of our Live Reviews Editor for […]
Features

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Fred Arnold

October 8, 2026 0
It’s the third in the new Feature, seeking out the best americana album by a UK artist, and Fred Arnold throws his hat in the ring this week What a challenge is this? – as a […]

  • Video: Jessi Colter “Same Old Blues” – a lost treasure
  • “The spirit of Americana UK” – our writing team remembers Paul Kerr
  • The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Fred Arnold
  • Bill Scorzari “Sidereal Days (Day 2)”
  • Live Review: The Annie Keating Band + The Dreaming Spires, Little Rabbit Barn, Ardleigh, Colchester – 2nd October 2026
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  • Americana Stories – Stuart Anderson “The Doubts That Make Us Strong”
  • The Male Pattern “I Was Shot In The Heart”
  • Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance
  • Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest
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  • Peter Thompson: Hi Fred, Thanks for giving this amazing record (and its 20th Anniversary) version, the review it deserves. As a 'deluxe'…
  • Mark Whitfield: Thanks Tris
  • Petunia: What an excellent review

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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Classic Clip: Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas “The Boxer”— Library of Congress, Washington, 2007

September 18, 2026 3
In 1969 Simon and Garfunkel released their masterpiece Bridge Over Troubled Water, and included in the set was the brilliant and oft-covered or performed The Boxer, written by Paul Simon in 1968. The song was written […]
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Album Reviews

Alejandro Escovedo “Echo Dancing”

March 27, 2024 1
Americana legend reimagines 14 classic songs. Alejandro Escovedo’s latest album sees him once again teamed up with Don Antonio and his band.  ‘Echo Dancing’, like its predecessor, ‘The Crossing’ (2018), was recorded at Costabeat in Villa […]
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Vetiver “Swaying” – Listen

October 8, 2019 0
A second single from the upcoming new album ‘Up on High‘ which is to be released by Loose on November 1st.  And what fine pleasures has Andy Cabic brought us this time ?  Well, ‘Swaying‘ is […]

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