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Springsteen to release seven…count them… seven… unheard albums in one package!

April 4, 2025 2

Seven previously unheard Bruce Springsteen records will be released for the first time this summer on the widely-rumored and long-anticipated “Tracks II: The Lost Albums”, coming 27 June via Sony Music. A set spanning 83 songs, […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 179 “Travel”

April 4, 2025 0

Despite my leaving education, life still seems to revolve around term-time rhythms. Owning a small camper van means that Mrs. H and I can jump anytime we want and just eff off over the horizon… or […]

Live Review: Ian Prowse, The Waterfront, Norwich, 28th March 2025

April 4, 2025 2

In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the classic Amsterdam hit, ‘Does This Train Stop At Merseyside?’, Ian Prowse is riding the rails across the UK. The fifth stop of an extensive tour saw him stopping […]

Black Deer Radio – bringing Americana to the people

April 4, 2025 0

With so many noises competing for attention these days it’s difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff but a radio station that has only been around less than a year may well have found a […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Kate Rusby live

April 4, 2025 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Alison Krauss & Union Station, Chris Eckman, Jade Turner, […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Emmylou Harris “(You Never Can Tell) C’est La Vie”

By the time Emmylou Harris released her third Warner Brothers album “Luxury Liner” in 1976 she was on a roll both commercially and artistically. She had her own Hot Band in place which now featured [...]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Kathleen Edwards Songs

Whilst not exactly an unknown, perhaps her relatively infrequent album releases are the reason Canadian Kathleen Edwards doesn’t garner more attention. Americana UK writers have done their level best to keep her profile high with [...]
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Alejandro Escovedo

Alejandro Escovedo has been one of my favorite Austin-based musicians ever since I encountered his music in 1994. He remains the one performer I’ve seen live in concert more than any other (I lost count [...]
AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Daryl Mosley

There’s nothing wrong with wishing the good old days were back to the present. Forget the future. Without having access to Marty McFly’s time-traveling DeLorean, by which you could pack the value in the trunk [...]
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More People Really Should Know About – Matthew Barber

Consistently solid writing and performing from Canadian troubadour. It’s inevitable that a musician’s previous life, before they enter this new creative world, will impinge on their songwriting and general ethos. But Toronto-based Barber feels that [...]
Features

For the Sake of the Song: Emmylou Harris “(You Never Can Tell) C’est La Vie”

By the time Emmylou Harris released her third Warner Brothers album “Luxury Liner” in 1976 she was on a roll both commercially and artistically. She had her own Hot Band in place which now featured [...]
Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Kathleen Edwards Songs

Whilst not exactly an unknown, perhaps her relatively infrequent album releases are the reason Canadian Kathleen Edwards doesn’t garner more attention. Americana UK writers have done their level best to keep her profile high with [...]

Foxwarren “Listen2me” – for once, or twice or

April 4, 2025 0

So, the last time we were talking about Foxwarren we’d remarked that ten years is a long time for an album to gestate, but that’s what passed between Andy Shauf, the fraternal rhythm section of Avery […]

Video Bandits on the Run “Let’s Go Below”

April 4, 2025 0

“Let’s Go Below” is the brilliantly inventive, outrageously dramatic new video from Brooklyn-based Bandits on the Run. Featuring the trio’s trademark combination of accordion, cello and guitar, delivered alongside their precision three-part harmonies, “Let’s Go Below” […]

Something for the weekend: Paul Kelly “Hello Melancholy, Hello Joy”

April 5, 2025 0

Well that’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a new video from arguably the greatest singer-songwriter Australia has ever produced (with the possible exception of Barry Humphries). ‘Hello [...]
Foxwarren “Listen2me” – for once, or twice or

April 4, 2025 0

So, the last time we were talking about Foxwarren we’d remarked that ten years is a long time for an album to gestate, but that’s what passed between Andy Shauf, the fraternal rhythm section of [...]
Video Bandits on the Run “Let’s Go Below”

April 4, 2025 0

“Let’s Go Below” is the brilliantly inventive, outrageously dramatic new video from Brooklyn-based Bandits on the Run. Featuring the trio’s trademark combination of accordion, cello and guitar, delivered alongside their precision three-part harmonies, “Let’s Go [...]
Track Premiere: Big Love Car Wash “Dante”

April 3, 2025 0

There is no doubt that Big Love Car Wash are, at last, another NWOABB artist (that’s New Wave Of American Bluegrass Bands, natch’). Partly that’s because the band – Sol Chase (mandolin, bouzouki, vocals), Everett [...]
Video: Ghost Hounds “Before You Leave” (feat. Lainey Wilson)

April 3, 2025 0

This recent single from Ghost Hounds is an aching song of heartbreak. Featuring the voice of Lainey Wilson alongside SAVNT’s smooth, melodic vocals, “Before You Leave” is an emotive song that reflects on letting go [...]

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