Americana UK

Old Crow Medicine Show “My Side Of The Mountain” – living in the past?

April 27, 2026 0

Well, it looks like all-star week on Tracks might be extending into all-star fortnight, and we’ll admit that we’re somewhat conflicted regarding that, as one of Americana UK’s Track section’s reasons for existence is to bring […]

Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “The Golden Hour”

April 27, 2026 0

It’s a privilege to premiere the video for The Golden Hour, the opening track from Michael Weston King’s latest album. It’s great to see all the performers at work in precise collaboration; Colin Elliot’s insistent keys, […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair’s Indie Hourzz session

April 24, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet to Americana 25, our festival taking place in Liverpool at the end of November, we have sold out around half of […]

Classic Clips: Geraint Watkins Akkurat Bar, Southside Pub, Stockholm on 3rd January 2013

April 24, 2026 0

Those in the know can’t understand why Geraint Watkins isn’t a bigger solo music star. The Welsh piano and accordion wizard is one of the best UK session and touring musicians, having played with the likes […]

Suzie Ungerleider + Danni Nicholls, St Lawrence’s Church, Biddulph – 15th April 2026

April 24, 2026 0

By a coincidence of touring planning, both Suzie Ungerleider and Danni Nicholls’ journey around the venues of the UK and Europe overlapped, so it was fortunate but maybe not unsurprising that their paths might converge at […]

Interviews
Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His [...]
Classic Clips
Classic Clips: Geraint Watkins Akkurat Bar, Southside Pub, Stockholm on 3rd January 2013
Those in the know can’t understand why Geraint Watkins isn’t a bigger solo music star. The Welsh piano and accordion wizard is one of the best UK session and touring musicians, having played with the [...]
Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 Hurray For The Riff Raff Songs
In a nod to Woody Guthrie, a 2014 American Songwriter magazine cover featured Hurray For The Riff Raff with the strapline, “Bound for Glory”. I’m not sure how the author of that article defined glory, [...]
Interviews
Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him
At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing [...]
Interviews
Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played [...]

Latest AUK podcast now available featuring The Cowboy Junkies’ Micheal Timmins in conversation

April 24, 2026 0

This week’s interview is with Cowboy Junkies mainman and founder, Michael Timmins, on the cusp of the release of Open To Beauty, the compilation of their best tracks of the 21st Century, and their UK Tour. […]

Book Review: Amy Rigby “Girl To Country: A Memoir”

April 24, 2026 2

The second volume of Amy Rigby’s memoirs picks up the story where we left her in Girl To City. The earlier book was “set in a ramshackle twentieth century New York world of homemade clubs and […]

Taj Mahal “Wild About My Lovin'” –

April 24, 2026 0

And so we reach the end of all star week here at the Tracks section of Americana UK – did we not mention that it’s all star week at Tracks? We figured you’d notice. Taj Mahal’s […]

Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Summer Rain”

April 24, 2026 0

The gorgeous Summer Rain is the latest single from folk duo Jo Bartlett and Neil Haydock. There is the perfect confluence of three elements: wistful, yearning music; sensitive, narrative lyrics; and a visual, which is steeped […]

Hurray for the Riff Raff - Alynda Segarra 3rd May 2014

Essentials: The Top 10 Hurray For The Riff Raff Songs

April 23, 2026 0

In a nod to Woody Guthrie, a 2014 American Songwriter magazine cover featured Hurray For The Riff Raff with the strapline, “Bound for Glory”. I’m not sure how the author of that article defined glory, yet […]

Old Crow Medicine Show “My Side Of The Mountain” – living in the past?
April 27, 2026 0
Well, it looks like all-star week on Tracks might be extending into all-star fortnight, and we’ll admit that we’re somewhat conflicted regarding that, as one of Americana UK’s Track section’s reasons for existence is to [...]
Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “The Golden Hour”
April 27, 2026 0
It’s a privilege to premiere the video for The Golden Hour, the opening track from Michael Weston King’s latest album. It’s great to see all the performers at work in precise collaboration; Colin Elliot’s insistent [...]
Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair’s Indie Hourzz session
April 24, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet to Americana 25, our festival taking place in Liverpool at the end of November, we have sold out around half [...]
Taj Mahal “Wild About My Lovin'” –
April 24, 2026 0
And so we reach the end of all star week here at the Tracks section of Americana UK – did we not mention that it’s all star week at Tracks? We figured you’d notice. Taj [...]
Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Summer Rain”
April 24, 2026 0
The gorgeous Summer Rain is the latest single from folk duo Jo Bartlett and Neil Haydock. There is the perfect confluence of three elements: wistful, yearning music; sensitive, narrative lyrics; and a visual, which is [...]

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