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Live Review – Morton Valence + Ags Connolly, MOTH Club, Hackney, London, 15th October 2022

October 24, 2022 Peter Feldon 1
Album launch, iconic pedal steel, top class support act. An exciting night was in prospect. But I nearly walked past the venue because I didn’t see the sign, however, the security staff are obviously used to […]
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Honey Harper & The Infinite Sky “Honey Harper & The Infinite Sky”

October 24, 2022 FredArnold 0
Honey Harper changes tack and hits the ball out of the park with their sophomore full length album. Honey Harper is effectively the stage name of American Will Fussell and his Canadian wife, Alana Pagnutti, co-founder, […]
Tracks

Glen Phillips “Stone Throat” – letting you down, again

October 24, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
This is the second single from the new album ‘There Is So Much Here‘ by Glen Phillips of Toad The Wet Socket fame.  It’s a song which features some self-doubt and recrimination “I want the wild […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Dean Owens “La Lomita”

October 24, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Just in time for Halloween, Dean Owens brings us something a little spooky in his brand new video for ‘La Lomita’.  Ruth Barrie of Waltzer Films, helped with makeup by Dallas Henderson, has created a truly […]
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Something for the weekend: The Milk Carton Kids “Running on Sweet Smile”

October 21, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it for another week dear reader. Half the world will no doubt be listening to the new Taylor Swift album today in which looking at the tracklist on Spotify she swears like a trooper […]

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Preview: Joe Martin to release new record and play spring and autumn UK tours

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

March 27, 2026 7
We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

March 27, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]
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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

March 27, 2026 0
Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

  • Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!
  • Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”
  • Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May
  • Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”
  • Preview: Joe Martin to release new record and play spring and autumn UK tours
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Interviews

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

March 25, 2026 1
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 […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
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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Video Premiere: Two Cent Revival “Crow”

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Here is the absorbing new single ‘Crow’ from New York-based Two Cent Revival.  This atmospheric song hangs on a fabulous, melodic bass line from Tom Welsch and an excellent vocal performance that travels the dusty road […]
Features

AUK’s Chain Gang: Brothers Osborne “Weed, Whiskey and Willie”

May 12, 2020 0
While the previous chain gang entry was all about Willie Nelson and the song ‘City of New Orleans’, I myself am not looking at his son or even his granddaughter, but I thought I would look […]
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AUK Chain Gang: Roy Acuff “Wreck on The Highway”

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Last week’s link took us to Uncle Tupelo’s ‘Anodyne’, the title track from their 1993 album.  Track two on that very album was ‘Acuff-Rose’, which opens up a wonderful field of opportunity for me, an unashamed […]

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