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Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of weekend tickets for the 2024 Cambridge Folk Festival!

June 7, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0
As those of you who have been around these parts for a while will know, AUK supporters get entered into a draw each month where they can win vinyl, books or tickets to gigs, but we’re […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 144 “The Big Six O”

June 7, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 2
Not really been that bothered by the accumulation of years. Although it is becoming clearer that the excesses of youth (and beyond) have clearly taken a toll of some sort as every movement is now preceded […]
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Album Reviews

Noelle and the Deserters “High Desert Daydream”

June 7, 2024 David Jarman 0
Classic country themes with New Mexico flavour from Noelle and the Deserters’ debut release. Noelle & The Deserters are fronted by singer-songwriter Noelle Fiore, raised in Taos, New Mexico, and for this reviewer their debut release […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: Matt Hillyer “Did She Ever Want To Live Like This”

June 7, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Matt Hillyer has a new album ‘Bright Skyline‘ set to be released on June 21st, it’s the follow up to his  2022 solo album ‘Glorieta’.  Across eleven tracks it traces Hillyer’s musical evolution from rockabilly roots […]
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Video: Boulder Fields “Measures”

June 7, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
Check out the uptempo ‘Measures’, the latest single from Edinburgh-based Boulder Fields.  Boulder Fields is the musical moniker of Scottish singer-songwriter Cam Fraser, who has developed a fine blend of indie-folk, Americana and rock.  The rhythmic track […]

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It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]
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Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

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Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]
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Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

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On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

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

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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

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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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On the face of it, you might not think Jack Kerouac has much relevance to fans of Americana. Kerouac was part of the Beat generation, a Jazz fan who was often dismissive of “Hillbilly music”; but […]
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Here’s a first view of a new video from Christine Oele who records as VanWyck.  It’s taken from an appearance at TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, The Netherlands during the current Epic Tale of the Stranded Man tour.  […]

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