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Video Premiere: The Burnt Pines “The Ghost Living in My Beer”

December 7, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
The Burnt Pines’ latest single is all about the complicated relationship we have with alcohol.  It blurs our thinking and influences our decisions, getting in the way of our interactions with others as highlighted in the […]
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It’s the 2022 AUK Readers Poll! Vote for your favourite americana from the last year

December 6, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0
Another reminder everyone. As Iron Maiden once said in their cheerful classic ‘The Clairvoyant’, “as soon as you’re born you’re dying” and as we hurtle towards our graves at an ever-quickening pace, it will surprise no-one […]
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Interview: Sheepdogs Ewan Currie and Ryan Gullen on why music is more important than genres

December 6, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Adding their own flavour to classic ‘70s rock’n’roll and the power of ’74 Waylon Jennings’ live shows. Canadian band The Sheepdogs have been going for just over eighteen years, and thanks to the pandemic they are […]
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Tyler Childers “Can I Take My Hounds To Heaven”

December 6, 2022 Andy Davidson 2
Self-produced project featuring eight tracks performed in three different ways. There can’t be many reading this who don’t know of Tyler Childers. Following his second album ‘Purgatory’, Childers was named emerging artist of the year at […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 79

December 6, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Reports, reports, reports… Tis the season to be jolly and that sort of thing, tis also the season to be up to your proverbial in reports that have to be written in order that parents have […]

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Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

May 8, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop outfit who have announced details of their new album Punching The Clown which […]
Artwork for Cut Throat Finches album "High Horse"
Album Reviews

Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”

May 8, 2026 0
The first great, breezy, summer “pop” record is here, from a self-described “Americanish” band with an old-country soul. Much like their previous efforts, High Horse, by Cowtown’s Cut Throat Finches, defies easy categorisation. Is it a […]
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Zoh Amba to tour Europe and UK in autumn 2026

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Zoh Amba, who previously announced their Matador debut album, Eyes Full, which is out on 5th June 2026, has shared details of a run of UK and European tour dates. The European leg kicks off on […]

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  • Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”
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  • Book Review: Tom Piazza “Living In The Present With John Prine”
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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
Interviews

Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Fawn “Burden” – Listen

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Fawn is the folk-Americana project of Liverpool based singer-songwriter Ilana Zsigmond, born in England but brought up mainly in in New Haven, Connecticut by parents who were themselves touring musicians.  ‘Burden’ is a song about overcoming […]
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J.W. Schuller “No Mud In Joyville” (Independent, 2018)

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“Quirky” is difficult to get right as it can easily slide into archness or clever clever pointlessness. JW Schuller’s acoustic folk-pop nails it though, and on his second release, a seven song, twenty-six minute mini-album he […]

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