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Veronica Stanton “Quick Fix” – no such thing, but you can keep trying

October 21, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

As we write this we can’t help but wonder how much more appropriate to our times the words “Maybe tomorrow I’ll get to go and do what I’m supposed to do” and, even more so, “But […]

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Video: SYML “Lost Myself” (Feat. Guy Garvey)

October 21, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Sometimes you’re lucky enough to find beautiful music that truly transports you to another place, sounds that move you. Check out SYML for one of those special moments.  Named for the Welsh word for ‘simple’, SYML […]

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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Number 2 – Wilco “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” (2001)

October 20, 2022 Clint West 1

As we reach the final two in our list there was never any doubt that Wilco’s masterpiece was going to feature heavily. Indeed it appeared in many our writers individual Top 10’s. Ljubinko Zivkovic, making it […]

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The Foxgloves “Mama Was A Bandit” – lets go…rob a train

October 20, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Foxglove – genus Digitalis – is a plant with a dual nature: it has been useful medicinally but it’s also highly toxic.  It’s also an incredibly attractive plant.  Beautiful, healing and deadly in large doses – […]

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Long Mama “Poor Pretender”

October 20, 2022 Tim Martin 0

A more than passable debut, but the music needs to catch up with the words and their ambition next time. Long Mama are led by singer songwriter Kat Wodtke, on what they describe as “a haunting […]

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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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Kitty Coen “Cadillac” – Witch Rock in the Texas Desert

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Urban pop gets rural with Kitty Coen’s ‘Cadillac’.   Spaghetti Western guitars float behind Coen’s breathy vocals as she spins a tale of foreboding.  The production sounds at times like Lana Del Rey being produced by Stuart […]

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Video: Leeroy Stagger “More Love Than Money”

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AUK favourite Leeroy Stagger’s superb new release sets out a totally winning argument for the value of love over money. ‘More Love Than Money’ is the third single from Leeroy Stagger’s new album ‘Dystopian Weekends‘ and […]

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Video Premiere: Donal Hinely “Couldn’t Breathe”

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Americana has often been used to make political and social statements.  ‘Couldn’t Breathe’ from Donal Hinely is a powerful, topical response to the world we’re living in.  Musically and lyrically, Hinely takes a direct, straightforward approach […]

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