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Tattercoats “Westways”

January 7, 2026 Bryan Bance 0
Folk duo marries the old with the new on down-to-earth debut. Not the fairytale you may be more familiar with, but a musical venture from New York-based wife-and-husband folk duo, Ned Joyner and Charlotte Wager Miller. […]

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Benjamin Miller “So What” – to just care not

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Video Premiere: Kye Alfred Hillig “On Small Wings”

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Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”

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The Welcome Addition “Now Forever” – a mournful tale of self-sabotage

Tracks
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Clayton Chaney

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Tracks

Benjamin Miller “So What” – to just care not

July 9, 2026 0
The frontman of The Federales, Benjamin Miller, is about to release a solo EP which celebrates his love for the Grateful Dead, and we have here the title track.  These are Grateful Dead covers, and nor […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Kye Alfred Hillig “On Small Wings”

July 9, 2026 0
The latest single from Tacoma songwriter Kye Alfred Hillig is a brilliantly crafted reflection on love, vulnerability and patience. On Small Wings unfolds beautifully, opening with just Hillig’s voice before the instrumentation begins to swell beneath. […]
News

Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”

July 8, 2026 0
Jason McNiff has announced the release of his latest album, Ten Blue Songs, his 10th, and, despite the melancholy title, he assures us it is a record of celebration, a celebration of the musical life he […]

  • Benjamin Miller “So What” – to just care not
  • Video Premiere: Kye Alfred Hillig “On Small Wings”
  • Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”
  • The Welcome Addition “Now Forever” – a mournful tale of self-sabotage
  • Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Clayton Chaney
  • CR & The White Lights “My Old Self”
  • Live Review: State Fayre Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford – 26th-28th June 2026
  • Ferris & Sylvester “Jealous” – go green, my hulk
  • Video: Pokey LaFarge “The Thing” – I can’t get no satisfaction
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
Interviews

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

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Features

Americana On Air – Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2024!

August 5, 2024 2
Back in 2020 we shared the top 10 Americana internet radio shows and podcasts. Since then, podcasting has exploded into a phenomenon that is eating away at the listenership for traditional linear radio. But with internet […]
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I am Night Witch: Swooping over the devastation just one more time – Jon Aird’s Review of 2023

December 21, 2023 0
Surely this is it, no? After 13…soon to be 14…years of doing nothing this must be the last Christmas for a decade at least in which we’ll have to suffer the ineptitude of a government that […]
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Tom Freund “Disney’s America” – this is no cartoon…

December 17, 2021 0
Singer/songwriter Tom Freund has released his cover of a 1995 song by one of his heroes, legendary U.K. pub-rocker Graham Parker. ‘Disney’s America‘ is part of Freund’s forthcoming album, ‘The Year I Spent in Space’, which […]

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