Features
AUK Writer, John Lee, gets a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes and witness the creative process in close-up. When I was invited to spend time with Thomas & The Angry Hearts in the studio, […]
Interviews
Interview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return
Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]
News
Loose add another star to their roster as Alela Diane announces a new album
Acclaimed Portland-based singer-songwriter Alela Diane will return with Who’s Keeping Time? on May 22nd via Loose Music/Fluff & Gravy. It serves as the seventh instalment in one of contemporary folk’s most quietly extraordinary careers. On the […]
Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed 222 “Festivals”
This time of year is bloody bleak. I’m pretty sure I haven’t walked the dog in either sunshine or without being soaked by the elements. Okay, so it’s a fairly first-world whinge given what’s going on […]
Tracks
Karen Dahlstrom “Last Of My Line” – it ends here
Karen Dahlstrom’s new song is poignant and musically striking in itself to be worth featuring here on Americana UK, even without the added attraction of Milk Carton Kid Kenneth Pattengale. But we bet you want to […]
Videos
Video Premiere: Andra Suchy “Born to It” – you do you
Here’s the new single from North Dakota-native singer-songwriter Andra Suchy. Based around a steady, thudding beat and fuzzy guitar, Born to It is most notable for Suchy’s outstanding vocal performance, reinforced by lush harmonies and backing. Resonant […]
FeaturesIn a quiet Norwegian studio with Thomas & The Angry Hearts
AUK Writer, John Lee, gets a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes and witness the creative process in close-up. When I was invited to spend time with Thomas & The Angry Hearts in the [...]
InterviewsInterview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return
Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by [...]
Anniversary CheersAnniversary Cheers: Slim Dunlap’s “Every Little Word” is a reissue of his two solo albums 30 years on, with added extras
Sadly deceased yet underrated ex-Replacements guitarist gets the full, beautifully packaged re-issue treatment with remastered solo albums and outtakes, demos and live recordings. Back in the late 1980s Paul Westerberg’s popular indie-rock band The Replacements [...]
AUK Mini-GigsExclusive AUK Mini-Gig: BIRD
Janie Price aka BIRD is as much half-and-half as any dairy product you might stir into a coffee. Start with her given and aka names, then her half English, half Irish heritage, calling home in [...]
Classic ClipsClassic Clips: Chris Whitley “Big Sky Country” – Live At Les Nuis L’Emission, 29th February 1992
Once first heard, it’s never forgotten. Chris Whitley’s astonishing 1991 debut album ‘Living With The Law‘ was like nothing we’d heard for a long, long time. At a time of pretty bland music coming form [...]
Tracks
Something for the weekend: Toad the Wet Sprocket “California Wasted”
Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you with a new version of one of my favourite songs of all time from California’s Toad the Wet Sprocket. California Wasted originally appeared on […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Midlake + The Bretheren, Electric Ballroom, London – 6th February 2026
It had been three long years since Midlake played in the UK, and so nothing – not the cold, not the rain, not the machinations of the UK’s public transport system – was going to prevent […]
Anniversary Cheers
Anniversary Cheers: Slim Dunlap’s “Every Little Word” is a reissue of his two solo albums 30 years on, with added extras
Sadly deceased yet underrated ex-Replacements guitarist gets the full, beautifully packaged re-issue treatment with remastered solo albums and outtakes, demos and live recordings. Back in the late 1980s Paul Westerberg’s popular indie-rock band The Replacements had […]
AUK Mini-Gigs
Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: BIRD
Janie Price aka BIRD is as much half-and-half as any dairy product you might stir into a coffee. Start with her given and aka names, then her half English, half Irish heritage, calling home in either […]
Classic Clips
Classic Clips: Chris Whitley “Big Sky Country” – Live At Les Nuis L’Emission, 29th February 1992
Once first heard, it’s never forgotten. Chris Whitley’s astonishing 1991 debut album ‘Living With The Law‘ was like nothing we’d heard for a long, long time. At a time of pretty bland music coming form the […]
Our latest videos and tracks
Karen Dahlstrom’s new song is poignant and musically striking in itself to be worth featuring here on Americana UK, even without the added attraction of Milk Carton Kid Kenneth Pattengale. But we bet you want [...]
Here’s the new single from North Dakota-native singer-songwriter Andra Suchy. Based around a steady, thudding beat and fuzzy guitar, Born to It is most notable for Suchy’s outstanding vocal performance, reinforced by lush harmonies and backing. [...]
Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you with a new version of one of my favourite songs of all time from California’s Toad the Wet Sprocket. California Wasted originally appeared [...]
Canada’s Awolk has just released Wild Rose, a new six-track EP that introduces the next chapter of the project led by Jesse Thomas. Made with Toronto-based producer and engineer Eli Browning, the record captures a [...]
Check out the new single from Tenderness, the solo musical project of Katy Beth Young. Over the gently tuneful guitar, layered synths, Harry Bohay’s pedal steel and lightly insistent percussion, Young’s vocal performance on ‘The [...]









