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Call Me Spinster
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Video: Call Me Spinster “Mule”

April 19, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Call Me Spinster tug at the heartstrings with their new single ‘Mule’.   The video features a young girl and her father on a camping trip.  Beautiful cinematography by director Daniel Andrade captures the natural beauty of […]
The Lucky Ones
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Video: The Lucky Ones “Waiting on a Paycheque”

April 18, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Yukon-based traditionalists The Lucky Ones are ‘Waiting on a Paycheque’.    Recorded at Ganaraska Recording Co. in Baltimore, Ontario, the band is seen performing around a pair of vintage microphones.  The song would be at home at […]
Pokey LaFarge
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Video: Pokey LaFarge “One You, One Me”

April 17, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Pokey LaFarge continues his idiosyncratic take on americana with his new single, ‘One You, One Me’.  The video for the song looks like found super 8mm footage from a decades-old honeymoon trip.  LaFarge and his bride […]
The Lucky Ones
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Video: The Lucky Ones “Fool’s Gold”

April 2, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Canadian traditionalists The Lucky Ones bring their Yukon hillbilly music to the screen in the video for ‘Fool’s Gold’.  The band is seen performing live in the studio with the line up of mandolinist Ryan James […]
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Video Premiere: Cedric Burnside “Hill Country Love”

March 25, 2024 Mike Robbie 0
“When you ever in the ‘Sip, come by and juke a little bit.” Cedric Burnside is back, for all of you AUK listeners with an ear towards some traditional blues, with his new song ‘Hill Country […]

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Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”

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Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!

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The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 5th – Gillian Welch “Revelator” (2001)

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Railroad Earth in Richmond Virginia, 21st May 2010

Essentials: The Top 10 Railroad Earth Songs

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Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets

April 2, 2026 0
Last week we announced details of Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House later this year on Saturday November […]
Tracks

Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”

April 2, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week as we head into the long weekend. If you’re an AUK supporter your playlist will still be with you for 5pm tomorrow and don’t forget tickets for our […]
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Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!

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If you’re not subscribing to our monthly supporters newsletter you’ll be missing out on our exclusive supporters playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month which this month includes new tracks by […]

  • Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets
  • Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”
  • Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!
  • The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 5th – Gillian Welch “Revelator” (2001)
  • Essentials: The Top 10 Railroad Earth Songs
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  • Joshua Ray Walker makes a welcome return with new album and tour dates
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]
Interviews

Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”

April 1, 2026 0
Few artists write with the kind of raw honesty and emotional depth that Foy Vance brings to his music. Across a career that has steadily unfolded over the last two decades, Vance has crafted songs that […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0
When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]

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Classic Clips: John Mellencamp “Check It Out” Live at Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1987

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In 1987 John Mellencamp released a compilation album of his music to date. Spanning the years 1978 – 1988 Mellencamp was uncomfortable placing the usual ‘Greatest Hits’ or ‘Best Of’ tag on the album. His take […]
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Michael McGovern “Thin White Road”

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Second album from literary folk artist looks beyond the boundaries of the genre with startling results. Michael McGovern returns with his second album, following on from “Highfield Suite”, a near-solo effort recorded in lockdown, “Nebraska”– style […]

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