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Paul Bond “Sunset Blues” – Guitar and vocal folk perfection

July 5, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1
Oh, there’s some joyful singer-songwriter perfection on ‘Sunset Blues‘ which is a new single by Paul Bond.  There’s a definite gentle James Taylor feeling to it, and shows Paul Bond making his own music having previously […]
Videos

Video: Emily Barker & Frank Turner “Bound for Home”

July 5, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
When Emily Barker’s voice soars, it seems so effortless and the tone is so beautiful and clear that the listener is utterly absorbed into the song and the moment.  Once again, Barker’s performance is captivating in […]
Videos

Something for the weekend: Midland “Sunrise Tells the Story”

July 2, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it for another week dear reader and we leave you with a band which skirt around the edges of Americana to the point that we’ve not featured them before but hey it’s a Friday […]
Columns

Clint’s Classic Clips: Steve Goodman “The City of New Orleans” The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972

July 2, 2021 Clint West 6
An early performance from the talented Chicago songwriter who died of leukemia in 1984, aged just 36. The Old Grey Whistle Test first broadcast in 1971 and ran through to 1987 when Janet Street-Porter, the BBC’s […]
Videos

Video: Rodney Crowell – “Triage”

July 2, 2021 Cam Fraser 1
Rodney Crowell meditates on love and life as he takes a sombre walk through Nashville’s neglected back streets. Since moving to Nashville in 1972, Rodney Crowell has held onto his place at the top-table of Americana […]

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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
  • Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975
  • Fruit Bats “The Landfill”
  • Hell in a Handcart – making a profit for “The Man”
  • Elizabeth Cook announces new album and narrative film
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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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Alabama 3 “The Girl with Lampedusa in Her Eyes” – F*cking Brexit one song at a time

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Alabama 3, the legendary band from Brixton, South London have announced their new single ’The Girl With Lampedusa In Her Eyes’. The new track is lifted from their incoming new album ‘Cold War Classics Vol.2’ which […]
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Old Sea Brigade “Stayed Up Late” – Not tired though…

July 15, 2022 0
Taken from the new album ‘5AM Paradise‘ which is out on Nettwerk on October 28th, ‘Stayed Up Late‘ finds Old Sea Brigade (a.k.a Ben Cramer) in that hazy place that lack of sleep produces.  He is, […]
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Live Review: Rod Picott + Nick Thurtell, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 29th September 2023

October 10, 2023 2
Tonight’s headliner at Lincolnshire’s premier Americana music venue, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey sees the return of one of Nashville’s finest singer-songwriters of the last twenty years in Rod Picott. This evening’s show is actually […]

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