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Happy Christmas from all of us here at AUK – 7,729 reasons to donate to this Gaza appeal if you can

December 22, 2023 Mark Whitfield 8
Well that’s it from us for another year dear reader. Before we head off, I must give a shout out to both Rick Bayles, our Books Editor, and Alan Fitter, our EPs Editor, who are both […]
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Nathan Graham “Saint of Second Chances”

December 22, 2023 Michael Macy 0
Chicago-based artist moves up front and hits it out of the park the first time up. It’s hard to determine if Nathan Graham is a guitar player who sings or a singer who plays guitar. He […]
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Here are the results of the Americana UK Readers’ Poll 2023

December 22, 2023 Mark Whitfield 3
Well here they are – as always on our last day of publishing for the year, we can share with you the results of this year’s readers poll, one of the busiest we’ve had in recent […]
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Helen Jones’ Review of 2023

December 22, 2023 Helen Jones 1
So that was 2023, and I think the least said about the state of the world and, closer to home, the UK government, the better. But hey, at least there was great music to distract. Sure, […]
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AUK’s EP Round-Up – December 2023

December 22, 2023 Alan Fitter 0
Here we are at the end of another year – who knows where the time goes? So it being December, it is of course the last EP round up of 2023 and as usual there’s an […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm as always, but in the meantime we leave you dear reader with a beautiful […]
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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]
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Interview: Lady Nade on being involved in a Netflix drama, inspiration, identity and mental health in music

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Runner-up in our readers’ poll for Best UK Artist in 2025, Lady Nade has steadily built a reputation as one of the most distinctive and emotionally resonant voices in UK roots music. Blending jazz, Americana, folk, […]
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Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

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I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]

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Track Premiere: Katie Dahl “Since I Was Eight”

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Katie Dahl is a folk singer rooted in Wisconson – her family have lived  on the Wisconsin peninsula for 175 years.  With four albums to her name she has built a reputation for mixing unflinching authenticiy […]
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Folk Roundup – Gavin Fairhall Lever, Filkins Drift, Trip, Danu, Quinie, C. Daniel Boling & Tom Paxton

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This is an epic edition of Folk Roundup, so many great albums, we’re not sure yet who is going to pull themselves to the top of the heap as album of the month. And such variety […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Brinsley Schwarz “The New Favourites of… Brinsley Schwarz”

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Brinsley Schwarz have a special place in the formative years of British americana. Taking their name from guitarist Brinsley Schwarz, the band were formally known as Kippington Lodge. The early years of the band were somewhat […]

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