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Track Premiere: Moot Davis “Lassoed and Lost”

August 25, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0
Moot Davis hails from the land of Sinatra and Springsteen, a launching pad for some of the greatest careers in music history. Born just blocks away from Trenton State Prison to parents of West Virginian heritage, […]
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The Twang Factor 2 presents: Graeme Campbell

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This weeks guest is Graeme Campbell from Falkirk, Scotland. A talented songwriter with a rich powerful voice, we know you’re gonna love him. One of the pleasures of The Twang Factor is seeing first-hand the amount […]
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Fayen “From Here on Out” EP

August 25, 2021 Helen Jones 0
A shot of pure and elegantly executed Americana marks this Norwegian duo as ones to watch. In recent years, Norway has seen a boom in its entertainment exports with its television and film in high demand […]
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Finny McConnell “Atlantic City” – Listen

August 25, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
You’ll know the song, no doubt, but Finny McConnell brings a very different feel to the Springsteen classic.  It’s taken from McConnell’s debut solo album ‘The Dark Streets of Love‘ which is out this Autumn on […]
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Video: The Blue Highways “She Moves”

August 25, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
Pounding drums, forceful rhythm and a song bursting with energy; here’s another excellent single from The Blue Highways.  ‘She Moves’ is the second release from the band’s new EP ‘I Wanna Party’, and songs like this […]

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AUK celebrates with an event in Liverpool city centre on Saturday November 28th. Well, unbelievably, it was a quarter of a century ago that Americana UK first came into existence as a one-man operation run from a […]
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There are very few artists who are as consistently excellent across a whole career as Lyle Lovett. He marries sharp, witty observations with immaculate musicianship, starting with his eponymous debut record and going right up to […]
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AUK’s EP Round-Up – March 2026

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Here we are in March, and spring has well and truly sprung in this part of the northern hemisphere, after what had felt like endless weeks of grey days and continuous precipitation. So, what better way […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Something for the weekend: Joy Oladokun feat. Sheryl Crow “I’d Miss the Birds”

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Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you’re an AUK supporter, your monthly newsletter will be with you at 5pm with our exclusive end of year best of 2025 playlist which we […]
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Video Premiere: Mortal Prophets “Sleeping in My Bed”

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The new single from Mortal Prophets is instantly engrossing.  Complex arrangements of saxophone, horns, keys, drums and acoustic and electric guitars give ‘Sleeping in My Bed’ an epic, cinematic feel, especially as it swells towards the […]
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Katy Rose Bennett “The Meantine” (Independent, 2019)

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‘The Meantine‘ is the fifth album from Birmingham based, rural Oxfordshire raised, Katy Rose Bennett. The nine songs that make it up are firmly in a modern folk vein, given an immediacy by Bennett’s decision to […]

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