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Live Review: Katie Pruitt + Judy Blank, The Garage, London – 15th August 2024

August 21, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1
Katie Pruitt returned to the London stage after a two-year gap at Highbury’s The Garage.  The room was pretty full and from the second Pruitt stepped out with her band the crowd was clearly up for […]
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The Bluest Sky “Raindancer”

August 21, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Chuck Melchin’s The Bluest Sky continue their musical journey with 10 new songs. “Raindancer” is the second album release from The Bluest Sky, the vehicle for singer-songwriter Chuck Melchin, formerly of The Bean Pickers Union. Their […]
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John Carter Cash “Pilgrimage to Rising Fawn”

August 21, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Celebrating Norman Blake and country music’s roots modern Nashville often forgets. John Carter Cash has an impeccable heritage in country and roots music being the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and the grandson […]
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Bob Dylan & The Band “Forever Young” – Live at Seattle Center Coliseum

August 21, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Another Big Name (arguably – and I’d certainly agree – the biggest name) to catch up on, Bob Dylan is probably at least marginally someone that most readers of the site have at least a slight […]
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Video: Steve Louw “Streets of Rain”

August 21, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
South African songsmith Steve Louw meditates on pain and hope with his new video for ‘Streets of Rain’.   The track, featuring Hammond organ phenom Lachy Doley, is quiet and contemplative matched with the video’s gorgeous black […]

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AUK celebrates with an event in Liverpool city centre on Saturday November 28th. Well, unbelievably, it was a quarter of a century ago that Americana UK first came into existence as a one-man operation run from a […]
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There are very few artists who are as consistently excellent across a whole career as Lyle Lovett. He marries sharp, witty observations with immaculate musicianship, starting with his eponymous debut record and going right up to […]
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AUK’s EP Round-Up – March 2026

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Here we are in March, and spring has well and truly sprung in this part of the northern hemisphere, after what had felt like endless weeks of grey days and continuous precipitation. So, what better way […]

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

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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 […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
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”

March 11, 2026 2
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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Interview: Ida Mae’s Chris Turpin on “Thunder Above You”

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