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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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Here we are in March, and spring has well and truly sprung in this part of the northern hemisphere, after what had felt like endless weeks of grey days and continuous precipitation. So, what better way […]
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Vaiano’s Paisanos “Abrew’s Portuguese Jazz” – it’s not jazz…

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Well, here we are, on the inelegantly and easily misconstrued hump day afternoon, wondering once more when, oh when, oh when will Americana UK bring us a new instrumental track to ease our cares and slide […]
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Katherine Priddy “These Frightening Machines”

March 25, 2026 0
Sophisticated Folk, intellectual pop, from Katherine Priddy. Katherine Priddy’s new album, her third, is a collection of strong songs that each, in their own ways, examine what it means to be a human – not just […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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