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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Tim Newby

February 24, 2022 Tim Newby 2
For me the beauty of americana music over the last two-decades has been the way the original palette laid out by the forefathers of this music Dylan, the Dead, the Band, Hartford, and the modern forefathers, […]
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A Night to Remember – End of the Road Festival 2010, Saturday afternoon Garden Stage

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No sooner have we created a format than troublesome writers begin to undermine and twist the brief. This night to remember was no night at all but a glorious, sun-splashed, hazy afternoon at the fag end […]
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The top 10 Americana music videos

April 24, 2020 Keith Hargreaves 2
Creating videos to accompany releases has long been the norm in the music business and our particular field of interest, although not generally burdened with the cliche of mainstream releases is still prone to taking the […]
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Songs for the apocalypse: The Low Anthem “To Ohio”

June 19, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1
It was about 10 years ago that I first came across Rhode Island’s Low Anthem in a soggy field (well, garden) in Wiltshire when they played one of their famous End of the Road performances, and […]
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The Low Anthem announce UK tour dates, new single – Listen

February 21, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
As we hinted last week, the Low Anthem’s return might not be what you’re expecting. Inspired by a van crash and years holed up restoring and experimenting in an old theatre in Rhode Island, it’s an elegiac […]

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Sorcha Richardson set to release her third album in September

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Dublin-born singer-songwriter Sorcha Richardson has returned with the announcement of her new album Draw The Outline, out 11th September via Faction Records. Alongside the album, Richardson has also shared the single Illinois Again. With just two […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Rod MacDonald “American Jerusalem”

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When I first started subscribing to Americana UK back in 2016, it was like having all my birthdays and Christmas come at once, as it supplied me with a daily diet of everything happening in the […]
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The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”

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Artisanal roots music from Vermont’s Green Mountains. Kristina Stykos is a songwriter, musician, recording engineer and producer who has been a torchbearer for the music of the Green Mountain State since the 1980s. Her Pepperbox Studio […]

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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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Josh McGovern “The Devil Below Me” – Listen

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Brooding Brighton singer/songwriter Josh McGovern has released his new single ‘The Devil Below Me’. The song opens with McGovern’s deep tones give way to heavy, daydreaming Americana, intertwined with folk sensibilities and rich blues notes. Regarding the […]
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Cole Quest: Woody Guthrie’s grandson pays debt to legendary balladeer, commands own journey

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Beyond his worth as a powerful balladeer, Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was a major American literary figure. As a singer, poet, and essayist, he embodies the Depression and the war years that ensued. His grandson, Cole Quest, […]
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Paul McClure and the Local Heroes “Paul McClure and the Local Heroes” (Clubhouse Records, 2017)

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Given the number of gigs he plays up and down the country it comes as something of a surprise to find that Paul McClure, aka the Rutland Troubadour, has managed to find the time to record […]

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