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Riun Garner “All We Know and All We Forget” (Independent, 2020)

July 29, 2020 Harold Hogan 0
Canadian filmmaker Riun Garner has been dabbling in music for a long time, recording what he describes as highly personal songs on his phone and not really thinking too much about it. With the help of […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz “A Home the I Can’t Know”

July 29, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Eric Anders and Mark O’Bitz will be releasing their new folky concept album ‘American Bardo‘ on July 31st on Baggage Room Records, and today’s song is the upcoming single from that release.  The album was inspired […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Adam Williams “Downtown”

July 29, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
The music is rich, warm and tuneful on this brand new release from Adam Williams.  Masterfully written, the song builds with layers of instrumentation, including the guitar solos, which rise out of the melody and tone […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Indigo Girls “Swamp Ophelia” (Epic, 1994)

July 28, 2020 Russell Murphy 0
Sometimes, arriving late to something like a previously unknown band or a music genre or perhaps an album that everyone seems to have owned and played forever is not always a bad thing. It provides the […]
Album Reviews

Charley Crockett “Welcome to Hard Times” (Son of Davy/Thirty Tigers, 2020)

July 28, 2020 Steven Rafferty 1
If you’ve been looking for something new to listen to, but you aren’t quite sure where to turn then there’s good news. Charley Crockett’s self-professed goal for his new album was to “make an album that […]

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Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

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Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

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Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album

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Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]
Leah Blevins
Live Reviews

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0
Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]
Album Reviews

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0
Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

  • Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”
  • Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026
  • Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”
  • Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”
  • Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]
Interviews

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0
In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]
Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

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Live Reviews

Billy Bragg, The Albert Hall, Manchester, 20th November 2021

November 29, 2021 1
Billy Bragg tours and plays gigs, a lot. We’ve missed him this last couple of years and evidently he’s missed us too. He tells us about his lockdown, how he’s missed gigging and his ongoing anxieties […]
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The Wandering Hearts get that DeJa Vu feeling with new album

April 3, 2025 0
British folk-Americana band The Wandering Hearts have announced their new album “Déjà Vu (We Have All Been Here Before)”. A reimagining of the 1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young classic “Déjà Vu”, the album will be […]
Tracks

The Dead South “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” – never break the chain…

January 20, 2022 0
Canadian bluegrass band The Dead South have recorded this version of the folk standard for their upcoming EP ‘Easy Listening for Jerks Part I’ which will be released on March 4th alongside a second EP called […]

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