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Live Review: Beans On Toast + Kitty Liv, Face Bar, Reading – 14th December 2021

December 20, 2021 Darren Lumbroso 1

Kitty Liv, of Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, strolls on to the small stage at the Face Bar armed only with an electric guitar. Having performed gigs in pubs and clubs since the age of nine, she’s […]

Album Reviews

The End Of America “Night is Alive”

December 20, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0

Surprising and original album of quality folk-rock. ‘Night is Alive’ trips you up on first listen. The first two tracks are pleasant enough generic folk-rock taking their influences from Crosby, Stills and Nash: swirling guitars and […]

Songs from quarantine vol 2
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Rodney Crowell “Something Has To Change”

December 20, 2021 Tim Martin 0

Last week on the Chain Gang I was introduced by Sean Hannam to Matt Hill, and his album ‘Return of the Idle Drones’. This is available exclusively via Hill’s Bandcamp page. Like many of the artists […]

artwork for Ken Pomeroy album "Christmas Lights in April"
Album Reviews

Ken Pomeroy “Christmas Lights in April”

December 20, 2021 David Jarman 0

Sweet voiced third album release from Oklahoma-based 19 year old Cherokee singer-songwriter Pomeroy. Although only 19 years old, ‘Christmas Lights in April’ is the third album release from Cherokee singer-songwriter Ken Pomeroy, hailing from Moore, Oklahoma. […]

Album Reviews

Reb Fountain “IRIS”

December 20, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Difficult to get a hold of, but well worth the effort. ‘IRIS‘ is Reb Fountain’s second release and it see’s the San Francisco born. transported to New Zealand singer-songwriter make a grab for that modern folk […]

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  • Sam Shackleton “Scottish Cowboy Ballads and Early American Folk Songs”
  • Classic Clips: Warren Zevon “Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner” – The Late Show With David Letterman – 30th October 2002
  • Live Review: Natalie Wildgoose + Elanor Moss, St. Pancras Old Church, London – 17th November 2025
  • It’s the 2025 AUK Readers Poll! Vote for your favourite americana from the last year
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Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

December 2, 2025 1

In the smart and lively songs of Dan Bern, nuances are at work like honeybees in a hive. A busy swarm of subtleties generates a nucleus of narrative honeycomb that has more layers than an archaeologist’s […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Dillon Warnek “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep”

December 2, 2025 0

Dillon Warnek’s “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep” is a sharp and dizzying collection of songs about everything and anything. “Rolling Stone” raved that his debut album “Now That It’s All Over”, was full of “wry character […]

Interviews

Caught Light: Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers on time, trust and the art of letting go

November 24, 2025 1

As we meet, Tony Dekker is sitting outside a café in Vancouver, Canada. It’s a fitting setting for a conversation with the Great Lake Swimmers’ frontman – calm, thoughtful and quietly attuned to the world around […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 37

Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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