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AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Ashley Monroe

May 28, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Throughout 2020, as the world was gripped by the pandemic, we helped to fill the void left by a lack of live music by posting a series of mini-gigs from outstanding artists.  It has been a […]

Album Reviews

Rod Picott “Wood, Steel, Dust & Dreams”

May 28, 2021 Paul Kerr 1

Rod Picott’s new readings of all his co-writes with Slaid Cleaves add up to an instant classic collector’s item (and it sounds damn good too). Over the course of around a dozen albums, Rod Picott, a […]

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Video: Barry Jones “Lost Resort”

May 28, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Long time friend of AUK, Liverpool based Barry Jones has taken a break from his Southbound Attic Band to record a set of songs of sparse acoustic charm, with just guitar, his voice and harmonica. The […]

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Readers’ Picks: Richmond Fontaine live at BBC Scotland

May 28, 2021 Clint West 0

This week’s pick comes from Fiona Winders who lives in Malmo, Sweden. There is very little that I need to say here as Fiona covers it all beautifully: “On their farewell tour of the UK, Americana […]

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Sway Wild “To The Loons” – Listen

May 28, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Mandy Fer and Dave McGraw decided to change their duo name to Sway Wild and produced their debut release under that name in 2019.  It was a star-studded release with the likes of Allison Russel and […]

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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

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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

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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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Alex Izenberg announces release of fourth album “Alex Izenberg & The Exiles”

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Alex Izenberg has released three albums under his own name but for his fourth has produced a band album. ‘Alex Izenberg & The Exiles’ is due for release on 26th July 2024 via Weird World / […]

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Video: Elles Bailey “Devil Claims His Prize”

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Currently, one of the best voices in UK music is cross-genre artist Elles Bailey, who has won multiple awards from UK Blues and the Americana Music Association UK.  Her 2022 album, ‘Shining in the Half Light’ […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Lowell George “Thanks I’ll Eat It Here” (Warner Records, 1979)

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Lowell George made this album, a melting pot of so many musical influences,  because apparently, he was not happy with the way that Little Feat was heading, as he saw it, into jazz-rock territory.  I can’t […]

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