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Them Dirty Dimes “In Gold We Trust”

March 17, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

Precisely played and entertaining jazz/roots Dutch debut. There was a little debate at AUK central about exactly where this offering sat genre-wise until musical uber galactico (see that clever meld of the kings of European football […]

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Amanda Cook “Lonesome Leaving Train” – Listen

March 17, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Lonesome Leaving Train‘ is the new single from Amanda Cook’s album ‘Narrowing the Gap‘, her third for Mountain Fever Records which is released on March 26th.  In good traditional bluegrass fashion it sounds as up-tempo as […]

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Video Premiere: Thanks Light “I Get High (Off You)”

March 17, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Rhythmic, upbeat, irreverent and fun – that’s the latest single from Thanks Light.  ‘I Get High (Off You)’ is a direct and unashamed declaration of love and longing.  When singer and song-writer Zane Ruttenberg sings that […]

Features

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Number 4=Gene Clark “No Other”

March 16, 2021 Clint West 1

Following yesterday’s unveiling of Jason Isbell’s ‘Southeastern’ as equal fourth in our ongoing top 10 rundown, today we can reveal the album that it is tied with. The voting was close throughout, and we will reveal the […]

Interviews

Interview: Canadian Justin Rutledge on revisiting and simplifying his greatest songs

March 16, 2021 Martin Johnson 2

Despite a literary background songwriter Justin Rutledge now believes simple songs work best. Justin Rutledge owes the UK a lot in that it was the UK success of his debut album ‘No Never Alone’ that really […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

February 3, 2026 0

When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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Songs for the apocalypse: Kasey Chambers “On a Bad Day”

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Last week’s choice in this column was an Aussie and in no way attempting to replicate our americana chain, this week’s is coincidentally too (I say coincidentally like this is something happening to me). Kasey Chambers’ […]

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Classic Americana Albums: John Moreland “Big Bad Luv”

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“It’s no use, God bless these blues, let’s get wrecked and bruised and battered,” is just one of John Moreland’s more ‘cheerful’  reflections on his ‘Big Bad Luv’ album about how he has finally found an […]

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Mitch Dean “Holding Back the Levee” (Independent, 2020)

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Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Mitch Dean is no spring chicken. Perhaps more of a gnarled rooster. And, as we all know, gnarled roosters make much better records than any spring chickens ever will. Dean’s voice is […]

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