SXSW

The twelve days of the SXSW lineup: nine cowgirls dancing

December 23, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

The first and second waves of the 37th annual Texan showcase of new music SXSW lineup have been released, and once again, it looks to be the sound of tomorrow. The festival runs a full six […]

Charley Crockett to release new album this month

April 11, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Charley Crockett will release his new album ‘Lil’ G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley‘ on April 22nd via Son of Davy/Thirty Tigers. The fourth edition of his Lil’ G.L. tribute series, ‘Jukebox Charley‘, is another twist on a covers […]

Festival Review: South By South West Festival – Austin, Texas 15th–18th March, 2022

March 29, 2022 Oliver Gray 4

After reviewing the streamed version of SXSW for AUK last year, our roving reporter Oliver Gray returns to Austin to get up close and personal. The trauma of sorting out all the paperwork leading up to […]

Festival Review: South By South West, March 16th – 20th 2021

March 29, 2021 Oliver Gray 0

Oliver Gray has attended Austin’s South By South West Festival for the last seventeen years. Now he tackles the online version. Negotiating the South By Southwest Festival normally entails walking for miles, staying up very late […]

SXSW 2019, Austin, Texas, 8th-16th March 2019

March 28, 2019 Oliver Gray 3

One piece of received wisdom regarding SXSW, the sprawling music showcase held annually in Austin, is that it has become over-corporate and is no longer worth attending for an Americana fan. This I would refute strongly. […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

August 10, 2026 1

Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0

A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

August 10, 2026 0

Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Interviews

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 […]

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 […]

Album Reviews

Society of Rockets “Unearthed”

February 15, 2022 0

A fine stop on the musical journey for this society They have ploughed their own furrow, San Francisco based Society of Rockets, criss-crossing a number of different genres since blossoming out from the Shimmer Kids Underpop […]

News

Americana UK launches our gig guide (at last!)

November 9, 2018 2

Well it’s been a while coming, apologies for that, but we laboured with a fairly, er, laborious system for some weeks before realising it was crap and we’d have to start again. Huge thanks to John Vaites for […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Steven Denmark “Crazy Over You”

June 30, 2022 0

There’s a bit of everything in ‘Crazy Over You’, the latest single from California-based Steven Denmark: there’s melody and catchy hooks, fuzzy and frenetic electric guitar, gorgeously floating pedal steel from Sam Wilson and plenty of […]

The twelve days of the SXSW lineup: nine cowgirls dancing

Charley Crockett to release new album this month

Festival Review: South By South West Festival – Austin, Texas 15th–18th March, 2022

Festival Review: South By South West, March 16th – 20th 2021

SXSW 2019, Austin, Texas, 8th-16th March 2019

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

Kacy Lee Anderson to release debut solo album

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”