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AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kevin Daniel

July 24, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

If ever there was a musician made to play one of AUK’s exclusive mini-gigs, that would be Kevin Daniel. This is a musician I’d go to see anytime he has a gig that’s within reasonable driving […]

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Album Reviews

Red Means Run “Things You Hold True”

July 24, 2024 Tom Harding 0

Return of Americana roots rock revivalists. Red Means Run return with their first release since 2019, offering a revivalist set of roots Americana. The opener, ‘Isn’t What I Wanted,’ elicits a readily recognizable sound that lands […]

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AUK’s EP Round-Up – July 2024

July 24, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

Okay, it’s July, and time for our regular ‘EP’s Round-Up’, of all that falls under the Americana Music banner. This month’s collection offers a broad selection of the genre, so plenty to get your teeth into, […]

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Album Reviews

Steve Earle “Alone Again (Live)”

July 24, 2024 Peter Thompson 0

Excellent Steve Earle solo acoustic live release offers a glimpse of the hard-core troubadour doing what he does best. Earle has gone full circle, back to how he started out; standing on a stage by himself, […]

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VanWyck “Desert Bride” – is freedom possible?

July 24, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

What is the meaning of freedom, and what values does the ability to make choices have when constraints mean that freewill can look like picking to have your limitations defined for you.  These are some of […]

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  • Classic Clips: Warren Zevon “Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner” – The Late Show With David Letterman – 30th October 2002
  • Live Review: Natalie Wildgoose + Elanor Moss, St. Pancras Old Church, London – 17th November 2025
  • It’s the 2025 AUK Readers Poll! Vote for your favourite americana from the last year
  • The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Jon Harmon
  • Podcast number 10 now featuring South Korean band Wednesdayoff is now live!
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Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

December 2, 2025 1

In the smart and lively songs of Dan Bern, nuances are at work like honeybees in a hive. A busy swarm of subtleties generates a nucleus of narrative honeycomb that has more layers than an archaeologist’s […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Dillon Warnek “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep”

December 2, 2025 0

Dillon Warnek’s “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep” is a sharp and dizzying collection of songs about everything and anything. “Rolling Stone” raved that his debut album “Now That It’s All Over”, was full of “wry character […]

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Caught Light: Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers on time, trust and the art of letting go

November 24, 2025 1

As we meet, Tony Dekker is sitting outside a café in Vancouver, Canada. It’s a fitting setting for a conversation with the Great Lake Swimmers’ frontman – calm, thoughtful and quietly attuned to the world around […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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