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Video: Ben Brown “Blue”

July 16, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
Enjoy the new single from Manningtree-based singer-songwriter Ben Brown.  Quite simply, this song – and the way Brown performs it – is joyful.  Upbeat and catchy, ‘Blue’ will bring a smile to your face.  Brown’s vocal […]
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Bob Dylan brings his Rough and Rowdy Ways to the UK with November 2024 dates – Praise the Lord!

July 15, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
There is no keeping him down. Bob Dylan has announced a slate of 10 UK shows beginning with a return visit to Bournemouth at the Windsor Hall on November 1st and culminating in three performances at […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Megan Moroney “Hair Salon”

July 15, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1
To be honest, Megan Moroney isn’t the type of artist that tends to get coverage on AUK, but this feature is about the song and in americana music the song is the story.  And Moroney is […]
Album Reviews

Rob Leines “Headcase”

July 15, 2024 Helen Jones 0
Strong Southern rock that has lost none of its edge in the recording studio. “Today I met the asphalt face to face / Spilt my brains all over that dirty place,” sings Rob Leines on ‘Headcase’, […]
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Dawn Landes and an all-star cast bring “The Liberated Woman’s Songbook” to London’s Barbican

July 15, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
On 7th September 2024, singer-songwriter Dawn Landes will bring her widely praised album “The Liberated Woman’s Songbook” to the Barbican in London for a live performance of songs from the women’s liberation movement. This special show […]

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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]
Album Reviews

Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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Tragedy turned into thoughtful, considered, often uplifting songwriting. At the end of 2024, Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish shared their first artistic reactions to the loss of their granddaughter Bebe King, at Southport with a […]
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Preview: Joe Martin to release new record and play spring and autumn UK tours

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Singer-songwriter and AUK Twang Factor alumnus Joe Martin has announced the release of his second studio album, Alone in Valentine, via North Star Records on 17th April 2026, along with dates for UK tours in April […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
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”

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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 […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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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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John Salaway “Americana Dreams” (Def Kat Music, 2019)

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Nashville-based John Salaway has some pedigree, as a weekly residence at BB King’s Blues Club might testify. With influences that include a familiar roll call of names – Petty, Dylan, The Band and Crosby Stills Nash […]
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Shaina Hayes “Kindergarten Heart” – the pressures of modern life

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Shaina Hayes, the Quebec singer-songwriter, has released her second album ’Kindergarten Heart’ on 23rd February. The final single to be released from it is the title track, a lightly bouncy song where the lyrics slot into […]
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Live Review: Take Root Festival 2025, De Oosterpoort Groningen – 1st November 2025

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Long a mainstay of the European americana festival scene, once again, Take Root Festival took over the six stages of the De Oosterpoort complex in Groningen, the Netherlands. The building itself is a multi-room/multi-space cultural centre […]

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