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AUK’s EP Round-Up – January 2024

January 15, 2024 Graeme Tait 0
So here we are, the first month of a new year and a new writer at the helm of the AUK’s EP Round-Up. Actually make that two new writers as my esteemed college Fred Arnold and […]
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Album Reviews

The Last Hurrah “Modern Nostalgia”

January 15, 2024 Jonathan Smith 2
Yeah, baby! Retro cool 60’s stylings from Scandinavia/USA collaborators. The Last Hurrah has been a long-term labour of love for Norwegian producer/musician/ writer HP Gundersen. Utilising the talents of multiple different musicians and singers for his […]
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Dylan LeBlanc “Let It Rain” – if nothing good is going to happen anyway

January 15, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1
A new song from the expanded edition of Dylan LeBlanc’s album ‘Coyote‘, which adds four new studio tracks from the ‘Coyote‘ session that will be available on the extended-release. Other previously unreleased songs on the expanded […]
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Video Premiere: Malcolm MacWatt “Out On the Western Plain” (feat. Pat McManus)

January 15, 2024 Andrew Frolish 1
Check out the latest video from Scotland’s Malcolm MacWatt.  ‘Out On the Western Plain’ was originally a Lead Belly song but it was the Rory Gallagher version that inspired MacWatt, whose re-imagining of the song emphasises the […]
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Something for the weekend: Waxahatchee “Right Back to It” (feat. MJ Lenderman)

January 12, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it for us for another week dear reader. If you are heading up or down to London again tomorrow for the latest Palestine demo, rallied by the amazing strength of South Africa this week, […]

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One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]
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Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1
Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

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Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

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Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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