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Katie Pruitt to release her third album “Fool for the Fleeting” in September

June 17, 2026 0

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Katie Pruitt has announced her new album, Fools for the Fleeting will be released on 18th September 2026 via Rounder Records. The Nashville-based musician reckons with the impermanence that comes with being human. Her most […]

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0

In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

Track Premiere: FINN “Oh Mary”

June 17, 2026 0

Today’s track premiere comes from Australia’s FINN, a band anchored by the brothers Mark and Luke Finn. Oh Mary comes from their tenth album Control, and features regular band members Terry Hart (multi-instrumentalist), Jeremy Staples (bass), […]

Video: Miles Hewitt “Fortune and Her Orchestra” – divided as the moon

June 17, 2026 0

Brooklyn-based Miles Hewitt has released an excellent new single, Fortune and Her Orchestra. Directed by Wes Ellis and Hewitt himself, the cinematic video takes us through vast, unpopulated landscapes, the bright lights of the city at […]

More People Really Should Know About: Leaf Rapids

June 16, 2026 2

In the tradition of bands naming themselves after specific places or landmarks, Winnipeg-based Leaf Rapids are named for a remote town in northwest Manitoba. Not necessarily easy to locate on a map, anyone would be hard-pressed […]

Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Otis Gibbs
Otis Gibbs hails from Wanamaker, a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. He now lives with his partner, musician and visual artist Amy Lashley, in that alt-country mecca, East Nashville. His father, grandfather and uncle played music [...]
Interviews
Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his [...]
Features
More People Really Should Know About: Leaf Rapids
In the tradition of bands naming themselves after specific places or landmarks, Winnipeg-based Leaf Rapids are named for a remote town in northwest Manitoba. Not necessarily easy to locate on a map, anyone would be [...]
AUK Mini-Gigs
Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Joyann Parker
Joyann Parker refuses to be boxed into one specific genre. Her latest album, Lifelines (Hopeless Romantic Records, 2026), fuses soul, rock, blues and americana, sounding both timeless and urgent. The album forms a deeply human collection of songs [...]
Features
For The Sake Of The Song: Alela Diane “Émigré”
Back in December 2017, Alela Diane shared on Facebook the official video for a new song, commenting, “I wrote Émigré about the international refugee crisis—no one should have to risk their life or the lives [...]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Joyann Parker

June 16, 2026 0

Joyann Parker refuses to be boxed into one specific genre. Her latest album, Lifelines (Hopeless Romantic Records, 2026), fuses soul, rock, blues and americana, sounding both timeless and urgent. The album forms a deeply human collection of songs built […]

Track Premiere: FINN “Oh Mary”
June 17, 2026 0
Today’s track premiere comes from Australia’s FINN, a band anchored by the brothers Mark and Luke Finn. Oh Mary comes from their tenth album Control, and features regular band members Terry Hart (multi-instrumentalist), Jeremy Staples [...]
Video: Miles Hewitt “Fortune and Her Orchestra” – divided as the moon
June 17, 2026 0
Brooklyn-based Miles Hewitt has released an excellent new single, Fortune and Her Orchestra. Directed by Wes Ellis and Hewitt himself, the cinematic video takes us through vast, unpopulated landscapes, the bright lights of the city [...]
Sad Daddy “Bootlegger” – give me a drink, give me a drink
June 16, 2026 0
For those of us starting to wonder if punching people in the face until they go unconscious in some kind of modern gladiatorial arena, for the delight and delectation of the compliant international diplomatic corps, [...]
Video Premiere: Shannon Lay “Horizons”
June 16, 2026 0
Here’s the new tender, intimate new single from Shannon Lay. Beginning with delicate guitar, sounds are added in subtle layers, so that Horizons slowly builds; there are heavenly backing vocals, flourishes of keys, and notes [...]
Elles Bailey “Back To You” – to you, to me, to you
June 15, 2026 0
Well, we start the week with a real treat for all those fans of americana favourite Elles Bailey: a new, non-album single release. Originally recorded at the same time as the album Can’t Take My [...]

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