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Nanci Griffith at Cambridge Folk Festival - 29th July 2007

Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002

October 9, 2026 1

In the long and storied career of the late, great Nanci Griffith, a musical legacy has been left behind that will, in years to come, surely stand the test of time just as much as it […]

Live Review: Martin Simpson, Kings Place, London – 25th September 2026

October 9, 2026 0

It’s getting into that busy, post-festival part of the year with an impossible number of gigs coming up through the Autumn. It could have been Grace Petrie at Union Chapel, or Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne at the Ivy […]

Lastest AUK Podcast now available featuring Teenage Fanclub on the day of their new album release

October 9, 2026 0

This week’s podcast features a long chat about touring, recording, and all things in between with Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley on the day of the release of their latest album as Teenage Fanclub. The album […]

Johnny & Lillie Flynn “Rambling Man” – are you inclined to ramble?

October 9, 2026 0

This latest single from the upcoming album Beam Cottage, out on 6th November via Transgressive Records, is a radically reworked cover of the Hank Williams song which puts rambling out there as an act of chaos […]

Video: Jessi Colter “Same Old Blues” – a lost treasure

October 9, 2026 0

Four-time GRAMMY Award-winning Shooter Jennings has put together a second album of previously unknown songs from his country-superstar father, Waylon Jennings. Same Old Blues features the voice of Jessi Colter, his mother and Waylon’s wife. Two […]

Classic Clips
Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002
In the long and storied career of the late, great Nanci Griffith, a musical legacy has been left behind that will, in years to come, surely stand the test of time just as much as [...]
Features
“The spirit of Americana UK” – our writing team remembers Paul Kerr
It’s been a sad time for us here in the AUK community with the loss of two of our writers in such a short period of time, and the loss of our Live Reviews Editor [...]
Features
The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Fred Arnold
It’s the third in the new Feature, seeking out the best americana album by a UK artist, and Fred Arnold throws his hat in the ring this week What a challenge is this? – as [...]
Features
Americana Stories – Stuart Anderson “The Doubts That Make Us Strong”
Stuart Anderson concludes our Americana Stories series with The Doubts That Make Us Strong. Stuart says: I’m a retired network engineer who was shown three guitar chords by a good friend at school, and who [...]
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Old Crow Medicine Show
The Old Crow Medicine Show have been entertaining us throughout the 21st century. Led from the outset by the irrepressible Ketch Secor, they have cycled through some 17 members over that time, including such luminaries [...]

“The spirit of Americana UK” – our writing team remembers Paul Kerr

October 8, 2026 3

It’s been a sad time for us here in the AUK community with the loss of two of our writers in such a short period of time, and the loss of our Live Reviews Editor for […]

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Fred Arnold

October 8, 2026 1

It’s the third in the new Feature, seeking out the best americana album by a UK artist, and Fred Arnold throws his hat in the ring this week What a challenge is this? – as a […]

Live Review: The Annie Keating Band + The Dreaming Spires, Little Rabbit Barn, Ardleigh, Colchester – 2nd October 2026

October 8, 2026 1

In the truly welcoming and cosy surroundings of Little Rabbit Barn, a venue specialising in live gigs profiling Americana artists (largely) of the highest calibre, your writer had the pleasure of seeing an Annie Keating live […]

Americana Stories – Stuart Anderson “The Doubts That Make Us Strong”

October 8, 2026 1

Stuart Anderson concludes our Americana Stories series with The Doubts That Make Us Strong. Stuart says: I’m a retired network engineer who was shown three guitar chords by a good friend at school, and who hasn’t […]

Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance

October 8, 2026 0

Ah, Lavender Honey, is there anything sweeter and yet so aromatic? Better than clover honey. Élise LeBlanc agrees, it seems, although…we are not 100% sure that we’re thinking of the same thing. Well, let’s rejoice in […]

Something for the weekend: Shania Twain featuring the Milk Carton Kids “Who Do You Love”
October 9, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, a week which has felt like a cloud has been hanging over our americana community if we’re being honest for obvious reasons. Don’t forget we still have [...]
Johnny & Lillie Flynn “Rambling Man” – are you inclined to ramble?
October 9, 2026 0
This latest single from the upcoming album Beam Cottage, out on 6th November via Transgressive Records, is a radically reworked cover of the Hank Williams song which puts rambling out there as an act of [...]
Video: Jessi Colter “Same Old Blues” – a lost treasure
October 9, 2026 0
Four-time GRAMMY Award-winning Shooter Jennings has put together a second album of previously unknown songs from his country-superstar father, Waylon Jennings. Same Old Blues features the voice of Jessi Colter, his mother and Waylon’s wife. [...]
Élise LeBlanc “Lavender Honey” – honkey-tonk romance
October 8, 2026 0
Ah, Lavender Honey, is there anything sweeter and yet so aromatic? Better than clover honey. Élise LeBlanc agrees, it seems, although…we are not 100% sure that we’re thinking of the same thing. Well, let’s rejoice [...]
Video Premiere: Wyatt Lowe “Deserts” – Let me lay down and rest
October 8, 2026 0
The new single from Wyatt Lowe is immediately captivating. Opening with heavenly steel lifted by light percussion, Desert bursts into life with more urgent and ranging guitar, moody sounds that locate us in the desert. [...]

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