Steve Earle

AUK’s Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Clint West

June 23, 2023 Clint West 8

AUK Features Editor Clint West writes: Welcome to a brand-new feature where each week an AUK writer will select their ‘Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists’. We will then aggregate their scores to bring you our […]

Live Preview: Black Deer Festival, Eridge Park, Kent – 16th-18th June 2023

June 13, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

At last last year’s Black Deer Festival, a moment of high drama saw an electrical storm and a huge downpour bring an early end to Saturday night’s proceedings. With just days to go before the first […]

artwork for Laura Cantrell album "Just Like A Rose"

Laura Cantrell “Just Like A Rose – The Anniversary Sessions”

June 13, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

Welcome return after nine year hiatus for one of Americana’s most respected artists. “(It is) my favourite record of the last ten years and possibly my life”. Not a quote from myself but rather from legendary […]

2023’s Americana festivals – where we are spending our summer?

May 26, 2023 Emily Dongray 2

In the blinking dawn of the new year, many of the festivals announced their line-ups. They dropped exciting news about headliners, and some early-bird tickets went on sale, but in the wave of resolutions and starting […]

Classic Americana Albums: Steve Earle & The Dukes “Ghosts of West Virginia”

May 10, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

Classic americana frequently involves a cause. And who better than Steve Earle to take up a cause? That’s what playwrights Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen thought when writing ‘Coal Country’, a play about a mining disaster. […]

Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

July 14, 2026 0

Babehoven, the Hudson, NY-based project of singer/songwriter Maya Bon and producer and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Albert, have announced their new album, I See Them, I See Me, due 18th September 2026 via Double Double Whammy. I See […]

Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”

July 14, 2026 0

Majestic debut from Virginia songwriter with a fascinating true backstory. When it comes to musical inspiration, a musician’s life is integral to what music he or she makes. For Brennan Gilmore, that inspiration comes from a […]

More People Really Should Know About: James Hodder

July 14, 2026 0

A couple of years ago I saw James Hodder perform in the basement room of Farringdon’s Betsey Trotwood, supporting Casey Neill and Jerry Joseph. This spatially challenged, cosy venue facilitates close proximity to the artists and […]

AUK’s Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Clint West

Live Preview: Black Deer Festival, Eridge Park, Kent – 16th-18th June 2023

Laura Cantrell “Just Like A Rose – The Anniversary Sessions”

2023’s Americana festivals – where we are spending our summer?

Classic Americana Albums: Steve Earle & The Dukes “Ghosts of West Virginia”

Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”

More People Really Should Know About: James Hodder

Ismay “Half Truth”

Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm