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Album Reviews

AUK Shortcuts May 2023: Jenny Don’t & The Spurs, The Confusionaires, Little Misty, Badhands, Shawn Williams, Dan Whitehouse, David Edward Booth, and The Train Wreck Endings

May 31, 2023 Paul Kerr 1
Our latest Short Cuts, an occasional feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: The Milk Carton Kids, Union Chapel, Islington, London – 20th May 2023

May 31, 2023 Peter Feldon 0
What can I say about this duo? They have already appeared four times on the Americana UK website this year, and on numerous previous occasions. In fact, there is plenty to say about their live performance […]
Album Reviews

Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, featuring Rakesh Chaurasia “As We Speak”

May 31, 2023 Tim Martin 0
Bluegrass as world music, master musicians exploring new ways of combining sounds and styles. If Americana, or indeed America, is anything it is a fusion of influences combining to make something new. In this case Bluegrass […]
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Video Premiere: Adam Masterson “Wild Wolves”

May 31, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the video premiere of ‘Wild Wolves’ from London-born, New York-based singer-songwriter Adam Masterson.  With a sense of urgency and drama, gritty vocals and a soaring chorus, ‘Wild Wolves’ has the feel of Springsteen.  Propulsive percussion and […]
Book Reviews

Paperback Riders – Joe Boyd “White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s”

May 31, 2023 Tim Martin 2
We’ve read several books that show America looking at itself, so what about an American who spent a lot of time involved with the music scene on the right-hand side of the pond? In the last […]

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Alex Amen

Austin singer-songwriter Alex Amen announces debut album for June

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April 22, 2026 0
Artwork for Benjamin Tod album "Vengeance and Grace"

Benjamin Tod “Vengeance and Grace”

Album Reviews
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Steep Canyon Rangers

Steep Canyon Rangers “Roll Of The Dice” – let the bones roll where they will

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Video Premiere: Whitney Walker “Solar Princess”

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Alex Amen
News

Austin singer-songwriter Alex Amen announces debut album for June

April 22, 2026 0
Alex Amen, the 26-year-old indie folk-country singer-songwriter from Texas, has announced his debut album, Sun of Amen, which will be out on 12th June 2026 via ATO Records. Newly signed to the label, Amen’s full-length debut […]
Artwork for Benjamin Tod album "Vengeance and Grace"
Album Reviews

Benjamin Tod “Vengeance and Grace”

April 22, 2026 0
An experienced and honest songwriter explores both sides of his stylistic background, performing the same songs twice. In a career of around 20 years, this appears to be Tod’s 21st album, either primarily with the Lost […]
Steep Canyon Rangers
Tracks

Steep Canyon Rangers “Roll Of The Dice” – let the bones roll where they will

April 22, 2026 0
Gearing up for the release of their fifteenth studio album; not counting the collaborations with renowned bluegrass banjoist Steve Martin, the Steep Canyon Rangers: Graham Sharp (banjo, vocals), Mike Guggino (mandolin/mandola, vocals), Aaron Burdett (guitar, vocals), […]

  • Austin singer-songwriter Alex Amen announces debut album for June
  • Benjamin Tod “Vengeance and Grace”
  • Steep Canyon Rangers “Roll Of The Dice” – let the bones roll where they will
  • Video Premiere: Whitney Walker “Solar Princess”
  • Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country
  • Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November
  • Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
Interviews

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interviews

Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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Jackson Hollow “Appalachia” – dreaming of the home of bluegrass

March 19, 2025 0
‘Appalachia‘ finds Jackson Hollow dreaming of an idyllic return to the home of bluegrass, which makes sense since they are an award winning bluegrass band.  Albeit an award winning bluegrass band who hail out of Vancouver […]
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Classic Clips: Aoife O’Donovan “Beekeeper” – FreshGrass Festival, North Adams, MA, September 2019

July 14, 2023 0
Three hours driving due west from Boston where Massachusetts borders New York and Vermont lies North Adams. Here, in and around a 19th century textile printing factory converted into the thriving Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, […]
Artwork for Glenn Yoder & The Western States album "Who You've Been"
Album Reviews

Glenn Yoder & The Western States “Who You’ve Been”

November 16, 2023 0
A reflective, deeply personal document of a period in time, framed by the uncertainty surrounding political and environmental change. ‘Who You’ve Been’ is Yoder’s sixth album; his previous release ‘Inherited Darkness’ saw the light of day […]

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