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AMA-UK Artist & Industry members can now use this discount code to attend  Americanafest in Nashville this coming September   - click through to the members area HERE (you must be logged in to view this page)

After 2 years of cancelations the three-day, indoor Ramblin' Roots Revue festival in High Wycombe IS BACK!  and we are delighted to be hosting one of the stages with AMA-UK artists.  All artist members can apply  - this outside acoustic stage is suited for Solo, Duo or trio artists - (no drums) There are 8 slots to be filled.

APPLY HERE (you must be logged in to apply) 

RRR is the kickstarter to the festival season and an annual retreat for many an Americana, Roots, Bluegrass, Folk and Alt-Country fan and musician alike. Now in it's fourth year, the 2022 event goes ahead from 22-24 April. The bill boasts more than 35 acts from the US, UK and Europe.

The Ramblin’ Roots Revue runs across three stages at Bucks Students' Union's award-winning venue, including an acoustic stage supported by the UK Americana Music Association, which will feature some of the rising stars from the burgeoning folk and roots scene.  

Independent distillers will provide a range of craft beers, ales, lagers, ciders and a wide selection of whiskies and bourbons throughout the weekend. A variety of food concessions will offer freshly prepared BBQ, smokehouse treats, and Tex-Mex delicacies to suit all tastes.

For everyone else here is the ticket link - see you there 

Tickets HERE
Advance tickets…
Weekend £50
Friday £20
Saturday £25
Sunday £20

 Good Luck everyone 

Just over a week until the UK Americana Awards - remind yourselves of all the nominees here with this awesome playlist  - every single one of the nominees are winners in our eyes 

We are sure you've all heard our sad news by now; that UK Americana Music Week 2022 is cancelled. We are so thankful and humbled by the response from our Americana community, thank you all so much for the heartfelt messages. Keep an eye on our socials for updates regarding upcoming virtual events, and put those 2023 dates in the diary. Here's part of our official statement from our CEO, Stevie Smith, below

"On behalf of the AMA UK board I am bringing you news today that breaks my heart - regretfully due to the recent developments with the Omicron variant worldwide, our international partners have had to pull out of being at our event and this has had a knock on effect that makes the event unviable. That along with hospital cases rising at rapid rates, the pandemic seems to still be far from at its peak here in the UK. The board have decided that in the absence of Government guidance we have to make this difficult decision ourselves and that the only safe and sensible thing to do at this late stage is to cancel UK Americana Music Week for 2022.
This has been an incredibly difficult decision to make because as you know keeping the genre vibrant and giving you all a platform to showcase your music is our highest priority, but this is now out of our hands and we have no real choice but to take this path. Our 2023 dates are confirmed for January 23rd-26th so mark that in PEN in your diaries now. If it is possible for you to roll over your tickets this will help us enormously, but of course if that isn’t possible for you then a refund will be issued."

All ticket holders have been emailed with instructions on how to roll over their tickets or how to request a refund 

Thank you 

Stevie Smith & The AMA-UK board 

We have set up a sustainable 'print on demand' merchandise store for 2022 in line with our partnership with Music Declares Emergency to create less waste

THE MERCH STORE 

With thanks to our wonderful designer Lucy Powell for the awesome products - looking forward to seeing you in these in January - order now to have them in time THE MERCH STORE 

The voting is now CLOSED for the 2022 UK Americana Awards   

READ FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE 

Special Awards

International Lifetime Achievement Award 

Selected by the board members, our highest honour is awarded to an international artist, duo or group in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the Americana genre over the span of their career and life in music. The 2022 recipient will be Lucinda Williams.

Trailblazer Award 

Selected by the board members, this special award celebrates a UK artist, duo or group that has taken an exceptional path, inspiring others to follow in their footsteps in developing the Americana genre. The 2022 recipient will be Beth Orton.

International Trailblazer Award 

Selected by the board members, this special award celebrates a UK artist, duo or group that has taken an exceptional path, inspiring others to follow in their footsteps in developing the Americana genre. The 2022 recipient will be The Long Ryders.

Bob Harris Emerging Artist Award 

Selected by Bob Harris OBE, this special award celebrates the breakthrough artist, duo or group that has particularly impressed the legendary music broadcaster throughout the year. The 2022 recipient will be Lauren Housley. 

Best Selling Americana Album 

AMA-UK works with The Official Charts Company to create the UK Americana Album Chart. This Award is given to the best selling Americana Album by a UK Artist. The 2022 recipient will be announced in January. 

Grass Roots Award 

Selected by the board members, this special award celebrates the sometimes un-sung heroes of the UK Americana scene. It is presented to individuals working in the industry (in a capacity other than as artists) who have made outstanding efforts to support Americana music from the grass roots up. The 2022 recipient is Tom Bridgewater from Loose Music, Independent Record Label.

Nominations

UK Album of the Year

• Click Click Domino by Ida Mae (produced by Christopher Turpin)
• Good Woman by The Staves (produced by John Congleton)
• The Wandering Hearts by The Wandering Hearts (produced by Simone Felice, David Baron, Mike Mogis and The Wandering Hearts)
• Stand For Myself by Yola (produced by Dan Auerbach)

International Album of the Year

• Wary + Strange by Amythyst Kiah (produced by Tony Berg and Amythyst Kiah) 
• Outside Child by Allison Russell (produced by Dan Knobler)
• Arrivals by Declan O'Rourke (produced by Paul Weller)
• Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! by Aaron Lee Tasjan (produced by Aaron Lee Tasjan and Gregory Lattimer)

UK Song of the Year

• This Ain't The Life by Lauren Housley (written by Lauren Housley) 
• Eye to Eye by John Smith feat. Sarah Jarosz (written by John Smith and Sarah Siskind)
• Latchkey by Memorial (written by Jack Watts and Oliver Spalding) 
• Willing by Lady Nade (written by Lady Nade)

International Song of the Year

• Never Said A Word by Judy Blank & Dylan Earl (written by Judy Blank & Dylan Earl) 
• Sweet Misery by Tré Burt (written by Tré Burt)
• Right on Time by Brandi Carlile (written by Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth)
• Jeremiah by Sierra Ferrell (written by Sierra Ferrell)

UK Artist of the Year

• Elles Bailey 
• The Staves
• John Smith
• Yola

International Artist of the Year

• Rhiannon Giddens 
• Amythyst Kiah 
• Allison Russell
• Taylor Swift 

UK Instrumentalist of the Year

• Thomas Dibb 
• Joe Harvey-Whyte
• Mark Lewis
• Michele Stodart

Nominations open on Friday 1st October 2021 and close on Friday 15th October 2021 (midnight BST).

Nominations are open to AMA-UK members only. Please do not share this link with anyone else, either privately or publicly. All members will be individually emailed these details.

The eligibility period for each award is 1st October 2020 to 30th September 2021. Please check the official UK release dates of your nominated songs or albums.

Need help remembering some of the great records from the past year? You could start by taking a look at our charts page, but don't forget that not all eligible releases appear in the chart.

SUBMITTING NOMINATIONS:

You must be a Member. If you are not yet a member, please join now https://theamauk.org/Benefits-of-Membership

You must be logged in to the Members area of the website

Each member can send up to three nominations per award category.

Artist members are allowed to nominate themselves if they so wish.

You can nominate the same artist for different awards.

You can nominate artists who are not themselves members of the AMA-UK.

As everyone knows from ever-ongoing discussions, the definition of Americana as a genre can be highly subjective: if you think an artist, album or song is Americana, then just go ahead and nominate them.

Once you have submitted your nominations, you will not be able to change them.

Once the nomination period has ended no further nominations will be accepted.

Once the nomination period has closed, all nominations will be collated and presented to the AMA-UK board, who will draw up a shortlist for each award.

The final shortlist will be announced at our Press launch which will be in London in November 2020 - details to follow.

Once the shortlist has been published, the voting process will begin - details on how-to-vote will be made available at that time.

NOMINATE NOW 

Glasgow Americana returns with yet another strong and varied line up between the 29th September- 3rd October 2021.
 
We will have nine shows this year at six different venues over the 5-day period and bringing some of the best talent from home and abroad
 
Our opening night will feature UK-based Australian singer-songwriter Emily Barker who will perform in Cottiers Theatre in the West End. Kicking off the night and declaring GA officially open up will be Scottish singer-songwriter, Kirsten Adamson.
 
Thursday 30th September sees a choice of shows from local favourite and hugely talented Jill Jackson, who will play a headline show in Saint Lukes. 

We are so happy to see Nathan Bell making the trip to Glasgow in these troubled times for his Thursday show in The Admiral. Nathan has been steadily building an audience in Glasgow since his debut here at Celtic Connections 2017. 

Long Ryders front man Sid Griffin plays The Admiral on Friday 1st October, meanwhile over in the South-Side Nashville-based singer Diana Jones plays a sold out show in The Glad Cafe.
 
The very talented Scottish singer-songwriter Roseanne Reid will headline the matinee show back in The Glad Cafe on Saturday 2nd October, with the equally talented David Latto opening up the show.

Roseanne is doing a double shift on the Saturday and will be performing as part of a ‘Song Writers In The Round’, with Jill Jackson and multi-instrumentalist and hugely talented Cahalen Morrison.

Moving on to our final day, Sunday the 3rd October, we are delighted to have the Seven Song Club back at the festival. This year, we will be showcasing Scottish talent, with Man Of The Minch, The Coaltown Daisies andKirsteen Harvey taking the stage in Room 2.

We are thrilled to welcome My Darling Clementine back to Glasgow Americana as they continue to tour in support of their most recent, critically acclaimed album 'Country Darkness - the songs of Elvis Costello’. The husband and wife duo of Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish play The CCA at 8pm.

Festival director Kevin Morris said: “I am so proud of this line up, which was put together at short notice and glad to be given the opportunity for the 15th Glasgow Americana festival to actually happen. The fact that a festival like Glasgow Americana can still exist, in what has been such a strange time for musicians, venues and promoters alike makes me happy. I would also like to thank Creative Scotland for their continued support in allowing the festival to go ahead.”
 
 
Full Line Up At A Glance
 

Opening Night Wednesday 29^th September - Emily Barker Kirsten Adamson
Cottiers Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU
Tickets £16, doors 7.30pm, 8pm start

Thursday 30th September - Nathan Bell plus Kirsteen Harvey
The Admiral Bar 72a Waterloo St, Glasgow G2 7DA
Tickets £13, doors 7.30pm, 8pm start

Thursday 30^th September – Jill Jackson plus support
Saint Lukes 17 Bain St, Glasgow G40 2JZ 
Tickets £18.50, doors 7pm, 8pm start
Please read additional COVID measure in place for this show

Friday 1st October - Diana Jones plus support
The Glad Café 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2HG
SOLD OUT
Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start

Friday 1^st October - Sid Griffin plus Scott Ashworth
The Admiral Bar 72a Waterloo St, Glasgow G2 7DA
Tickets £13, doors 7.30pm, 8pm start
(In association with Sounds In The Suburbs)

Saturday 2^nd October - Roseanne Reid plus David Latto
The Glad Café 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2HG
Tickets £12, doors 3.30pm, 4pm start

Saturday 2^nd October - Song Writers In The Round
Featuring Jill Jackson, Cahalen Morrison & Roseanne Reid
The Glad Café 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2HG
Tickets £16, doors 7.30pm, 8pm start

Sunday 7th October - The Seven Song-Featuring Man Of The Minch, The Coaltown Daisies, and Kirsteen Harvey
Room 2 69 Nelson Mandela Pl, Glasgow G2 1QY
Tickets £12, doors 3.30pm, 4pm start

Sunday 7th October - Finale Night- My Darling Clementine plus Arksong
The CCA 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3JD
Tickets £15, doors 7.30pm, 8pm start

The Americana Music Association members have been given the wonderful opportunity to apply to play at this event  please log in here for more details 

On the first Sunday of every month, Spiritland and Holler host a Downhome brunch at their diner situated at the foot of the Royal Festival Hall. Baylen Leonard is your host for a lively daytime session.  You’ll find guest DJs and live music from the cream of the UK Americana, country, and roots scene, showcasing their talents  -  brought to you in association with the Americana Music Association UK .    A menu of waffles, pancakes, burgers, hot dogs, fried green tomatoes and plenty more is complemented by a wide range of beers, bourbons and cocktails.

The Americana Music Association members have been given the wonderful opportunity to apply to play at this event  please log in here for more details 

These tickets are for full delegate passes: conference, showcase festival and awards.

MEMBERS SUPER EARLY BIRD TICKETS HAVE SOLD OUT 

GET BEST PRICE TICKETS HERE 

Separate festival gigs only wristbands, separate Award Show tickets and separate special Friday night closing show tickets  will go on sale soon 

Members log in to access the discounted ticket price - these tickets are strictly limited at this price so get them while you can...

MEMBERS SUPER EARLY BIRD TICKETS HAVE SOLD OUT so purchasing the NONMEMBERS tickets is still the cheapest option - email events@theamauk.org is you have questions

This pass give you access to all of the events the whole week including the conference, showcase festival, all networking parties and special events and awards at Hackney Empire 

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE This is the cheapest option ticket for members as well as non members before we go to the next tier once these have sold out.