The Black Feathers

Over the Hill Festival, Witney, Oxfordshire, 26th August, 2019

September 3, 2019 Mark Underwood 2

For Over The Hill’s inaugural festival you couldn’t hope for a more bucolic setting than Cogges Manor Farm. Set in the outskirts of Witney in Oxfordshire, its grounds comprise a beautiful manor house made of […]

Hannah Aldridge + Guests, The Lexington, London, 23rd July 2018

August 1, 2018 Mark Underwood 2

Hannah Aldridge has certainly put in the spade work where touring Europe in the recent past is concerned. She finished her series of UK dates in London with a live album recording before heading to […]

Interview: Lilli Lewis on americana, New Orleans and activism

Interviews

October 25, 2021 0

Why losing the backbeat, COVID lockdown and memories of 150-year-old church helped create Americana. If the residents of AUK Towers are ever feeling bored, then they can always return to the endless debate prompted by […]

Chuck Berry “Carol/Little Queenie” – Live from Blueberry Hill. No, really.

Tracks

October 25, 2021 0

Whatever else he may have been – and let’s face it his reputation probably ruled him out from the “nicest man in rock and roll” awards – Chuck Berry has a fair claim to being […]

The Greatest Endangered Thing “And You, And Me”

Album Reviews

October 25, 2021 0

Indie folk reflections from the natural world. Any artist will have a story to tell about creating music during a pandemic. Many found themselves having to adjust their plans very drastically from groups to something […]

Video: Carson McHone “Hawks Don’t Share”

Videos

October 25, 2021 0

Carson McHone’s new single ‘Hawks Don’t Share‘ was recorded with Ontario’s Daniel Romano, and is a literary allusion to the creative sabotage that often confronts artistic alliances. A pair of sparring electric guitars sets the […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Johnny Cash “Cocaine Blues”

AUK's Chain Gang

October 25, 2021 0

Last week Lyndon Bolton opened up the world of Bear Family Records which left virtually unlimited options for this week’s AUK Chain Gang given their more than extensive roots music catalogue. However, for us music […]

Over the Hill Festival, Witney, Oxfordshire, 26th August, 2019

Hannah Aldridge + Guests, The Lexington, London, 23rd July 2018

Interview: Lilli Lewis on americana, New Orleans and activism

Interview: Misty River’s Carmen Phelan on why she was born to play americana

Cajun Corner – Interview: Louis Michot on discovering new 80-year-old Louisiana fiddle music

Interview: Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel on 50 years of western swing

Interview: Jesse Malin on why the world is sad and beautiful

Advertise on Americana UK

Contact Us!

Support Americana UK

Want to submit something for review?