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Track Premiere: Zach Aaron “Fill Dirt Wanted”

April 14, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Texas singer-songwriter Zach Aaron captures that classic casual folk-country sound on ‘Fill Dirt Wanted‘ which captures him “running from my family, running from my fear, running from anything that gets too near” before wearily admitting that […]

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Video: Elles Bailey “Woman Like Me”

April 14, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The video for ‘Woman Like Me’ gives us a glimpse of the work that goes on in the studio and the quality of the musicianship that drives the song. The line-up includes Joe Wilkins on guitar, […]

Tracks

Something for the (long) weekend: John Prine “Far From Me”

April 9, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

For many of us the weekend is something of an abstract construct at the moment, but still – AUK is taking its usual Easter break until Tuesday. What a sad and terrible week it’s been in […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Ali Holder

April 9, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We are on a mission to bring you great music – reaching out from artists’ homes to yours.  The songs are coming to you from some distance (Texas in this case) but there’s no social distancing […]

News

Pickathon presents a concert a day – starting with Drive By Truckers

April 9, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Long-running Portland, Oregon festival Pickathon has announced a new series of concerts for the next 2 months entitled ‘A Concert A Day’. The initiative has been set up to help musicians and artist communities through the […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Kyshona “More In Common” – people, that’s us

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In the face of the question “What can I do?” former music therapist turned artist-activist Kyshona says, “Listen!” And that was the title of her 2020 album release, which resonated in all sorts of ways in […]

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All the instruments on this “future folk” murder ballad are played by Odetta Hartmann, and it’s also one of the first songs that she wrote on the banjo.  It moves from a stark folk sounds to […]

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Elles Bailey to release new album in August

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Elles Bailey has established herself as a favourite act of the UK Americana Music Association gathering a string of awards since 2020 as well as being championed by leading americana radio presenters like Bob Harris and […]

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