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Album Reviews

Cajun Corner – Dwayne Dopsie “Set Me Free”

July 19, 2021 Rick Bayles 0
New music from one of the big names in Zydeco! It’s always good to celebrate the release of a new Zydeco album but it’s especially exciting when that album comes with a connection to one of […]
AUK's Chain Gang

AUK’s Chain Gang: John Fogerty “Weeping in the Promised Land”

July 19, 2021 Emily Dongray 0
‘Born on the Bayou’ by Creedence Clearwater Revival is a song about travelling that band member John Fogerty produced in 1969. Let’s travel within John Fogerty’s body of work and take a look at his most […]
Tracks

Raine Hamilton “Love Has Come For Me” – Gorgeous acceptance of the best gift

July 19, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
We’re pretty sure that we’ve mentioned before that we regard love as a good thing, on the whole.  And Winnipeg, Western Canada native Raine Hamilton’s new song ‘Love Has Come for Me‘ captures that almost shocking […]
Videos

Video: Grace Pettis “Landon”

July 19, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
The latest single from Grace Pettis begins with just her unaccompanied, clear, precise voice, singing: “From the day we met I was never the same,” acknowledging the real value of her relationship with Landon, the subject […]
Videos

Something for the weekend: Paul Kelly & Dan Sultan “Every Day My Mother’s Voice”

July 16, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0
That’s it from us for another week dear reader, and after the depressing scenes following the Euros final last weekend both online and off, we leave you with a pertinent track from another continent which could […]

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Aaron Lee Tasjan “Get Over It, Underdog”

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Julian Taylor at AMAUK Showcases 21_02_25

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The Morning Line polish up their Stars on a new label and look to the future

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Album Reviews

Aaron Lee Tasjan “Get Over It, Underdog”

August 14, 2026 0
A broad-spectrum listening experience packed with vibrant, timeless songs. Aaron Lee Tasjan sought counsel from his longstanding friend and mentor, the late great Todd Snider, to help loosen the shackles of imposter syndrome that were tying […]
Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: George Takei “To The Stars”

August 14, 2026 0
George Takei’s 1994 autobiography, To the Stars, is rather more than a standard Hollywood memoir. Whilst it does cover his years on the USS Enterprise in detail, the more interesting aspects lie in the exploration of […]
Julian Taylor at AMAUK Showcases 21_02_25
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Julian Taylor “Friend Of The Devil” – LIVE at SiriusXM, 2019

August 14, 2026 0
Julian Taylor is no stranger to these pages, and his musical journey has lasted more than 25 years… so far. He first got noticed in the band Staggered Crossing, and when they broke up in 2007 […]

  • Aaron Lee Tasjan “Get Over It, Underdog”
  • Paperback Riders: George Takei “To The Stars”
  • Classic Clips: Julian Taylor “Friend Of The Devil” – LIVE at SiriusXM, 2019
  • The Morning Line polish up their Stars on a new label and look to the future
  • Gin Wigmore “Beautiful Mess”
  • The latest AUK Podcast is now available featuring Laura Veirs
  • Kaz Murphy “Iowa Ohio Arizona” – swinging places for swinging people
  • Video: Ned Collette “Commandeered Parade” – new horror from old books on the shelf
  • Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard
  • Allison Russell “In The Hour of Chaos”
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  • Alison Jennings: Echoes of Rickie Lee Jones in her vocals, gorgeous instrumentation. She is the daughter of Greg Brown, no?
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Interviews

Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
Interviews

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]
Interviews

Interview: Frank Turner reflects on 20 years of Campfire Punkrock

August 11, 2026 0
Remarkably, it is twenty years since Frank Turner released his first solo EP: Campfire Punkrock. The very title was both a statement of intent and a conscious identifier, defining his sound and the purpose of his […]

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Videos

Video: VanWyck “To June This Morning”

November 4, 2025 0
The gloriously talented VanWyck has a new single out, and it is her very first duet. The Amsterdam-based singer-songwriter has recorded a new version of ‘To June This Morning’, which is based on a poem by […]
Album Reviews

Hannah White “Elephant Eye” (Sound Lounge Records, 2017)

January 19, 2018 2
London based Hannah White has gathered a fine crew around her for her latest album, Elephant Eye. Producer Nigel Stonier (Thea Gilmore, Martha Wainwright, Joan Baez) plays several instruments, Chris J Hillman adds pedal steel while […]
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Album Reviews

Langhorne Slim “Strawberry Mansion”

February 12, 2021 0
An engaging and upbeat lockdown album ranging from folk to gospel to blues. Many folk found that being under lockdown allowed time to develop, be it a new hobby or tackling those classic books that you […]

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