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The Twang Factor 3 Presents: Chris Reddy

January 20, 2023 Clint West 0
Welcome to another edition of The Twang Factor 3. This week we feature the beautiful laid-back sound of Chris Reddy. Chris Reddy lives in Shaftsbury, Dorset and is currently working on his ambition of making a […]
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Classic Clips: The Blasters “Common Man” Farm Aid 1985

January 20, 2023 Clint West 2
This week’s Classic Clip comes from the very first Farm Aid held back in 1985 and still going strong. It was organised by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young to help poor struggling small farmers […]
Tracks

David Crosby – Remembering His Name

January 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
There will of course be a proper obituary coming, but it seems like there should be an acknowledgement right now of the passing of David Crosby.  The most cantankerous and argumentative man in rock?  Well, he […]
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Neilson Hubbard reveals photography exhibition next week

January 20, 2023 Rick Bayles 0
Neilson Hubbard, the American singer-songwriter and producer who was responsible for Mary Gauthier’s Grammy nominated ‘Rifles and Rosary Beads‘ and who has worked with other artists such as Kim Richey and Sam Baker, will be launching […]
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Meg Baird “Ashes, Ashes” – wordless glory

January 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Ashes, Ashes‘ is the new single from Mag Baird’s upcoming album ‘Furling‘, which will be released on January 27th on Drag City.  It’s as dreamy and otherworldly as you might expect from the frontwoman of Espers, […]

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Save the date – Americana 25 will celebrate 25 years of Americana UK in Liverpool in November!

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AUK celebrates with an event in Liverpool city centre on Saturday November 28th. Well, unbelievably, it was a quarter of a century ago that Americana UK first came into existence as a one-man operation run from a […]
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There are very few artists who are as consistently excellent across a whole career as Lyle Lovett. He marries sharp, witty observations with immaculate musicianship, starting with his eponymous debut record and going right up to […]
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Album Reviews

AUK’s EP Round-Up – March 2026

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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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  • Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff
  • Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck to release traditional collaboration in May 2026
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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 […]
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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Pain, loneliness and despair have often driven the creative muse and this is currently the case for Nick Costa. The end of a long term relationship provides the point of reference for his latest work. ‘Tell […]
Book Reviews

Book Review: Alec Wightman “Music In My Life: Notes From A Longtime Fan”

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A life-long music fan writes. This is an interesting book to have come across the review desk, in the wake of some quite weighty submissions of late. In complete contrast to some of the heavily journalistic […]
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Live Review: Boulder Fields, The Bell, Bath – 20th May 2025

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AUK writer Cam Fraser has a distinguished past playing in several bands and in 2024 he released the first album under the Boulder Fields name. Adding a West Coast sparkle to his unmistakeably Scottish sound, it […]

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