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Features

For the Sake of the Song: Townes Van Zandt “Pancho and Lefty”

July 28, 2025 Daisy Innes 0
You only have to look at the list of people who have covered this song to get an idea of just how important it is to the progress, legacy and development of country music. Originally written […]
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Guy Clark

October 16, 2024 Martin Johnson 4
Has Guy Clark ever recorded a bad song or released an unlistenable album? Certainly not, so why, you may be wondering include his catalogue in this series? Well, it is because Guy Clark was an acknowledged […]
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Features

Versions: “Highway Kind”

September 6, 2024 Dean Nardi 0
“There are only two types of music,” Townes Van Zandt used to say, “the blues and zip-a-dee-doo-dah.” It is a well-worn quotation to guide us through the thicket of the Texas troubadour’s mind. He only played […]
Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 8 – Townes Van Zandt

February 7, 2024 Clint West 1
Arriving at Number 8 today, the keenly observant amongst the AUK readership will notice that the great Townes Van Zandt sits on 30 points – the same tally as Jason Isbell yesterday. So how have we […]
Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Paul Kerr

January 11, 2024 Paul Kerr 7
As has been mentioned many times before in this feature, there’s a conundrum at the heart of it. First off, what on earth is americana? Well, for this piece, it’s whatever I decide fits the bill. […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
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Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0
The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

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Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
  • Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers
  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
  • Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Indigo Girls “Swamp Ophelia” (Epic, 1994)

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Sometimes, arriving late to something like a previously unknown band or a music genre or perhaps an album that everyone seems to have owned and played forever is not always a bad thing. It provides the […]
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Carson Peters “Long Twin Silver Line” – rolling down the tracks

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Carson Peters’ fiery fiddle and vocal deliver this take on Bob Seger’s ‘Long Twin Silver Line‘ in a fine bluegrass style.  It’s the second single taken from ‘Silver Bullet Bluegrass‘ a Bluegrass tribute to Bob Seger, […]
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Video Premiere: Lazer Lloyd “Tomorrow Never Comes”

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Here is the characterful voice of Lazer Lloyd, sharing wise words about the needs to simplify our lives.  The video shows Lloyd recording the final take in the studio and it’s a chance to see a […]

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