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Classic Clips: Scott Hutchison “Keep Yourself Warm” Live at Bloc, Glasgow 2012

August 2, 2024 Andy Davidson 0
Our classic clip this week is a song from Frightened Rabbit’s magnificent 2008 album ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’. On May 8th 2018 Scott Hutchison posted on Twitter, “I’m away now. Thanks”. Here’s a wee added bonus […]
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AUK’s Back Pages No.6

August 2, 2024 Paul Kerr 1
It’s the middle months of 2006 we revisit here. The shiny new website is pretty much unchanged as is the format of the CDs sent out to those Friends of Americana UK who subscribe. News wise […]
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Ani DiFranco “Unprecedented Sh!t”

August 2, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Editor’s note: We are not puritanical about swearing here at AUK, in fact we like a good cuss from time to time, but NSFW email filters might block tomorrow’s Mailchimp email if we don’t change the […]
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Live Review: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls + Ben Brown + The Meffs , Epic Studios, Norwich – 24th July 2024

August 2, 2024 Andrew Frolish 2
For fans of Frank Turner, there are few experiences comparable to his live shows.  There is a community of us ready to belt out the songs until we’re hoarse, ready to leap around with abandon with […]
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Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of tickets to see Dawn Landes at the Barbican

August 2, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0
Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Nada Surf, Sturgill Simpson, Beachwood Sparks, My Girl the […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]
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Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]
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Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

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Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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It’s a fine collection of vowels and consonants that adorns our banner this time – a band who surely organised their names to raise a wry smile, and another who sound suspiciously like a firm of […]
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Live Review: Tyler Ramsey, The Social, London – 29th March 2026

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We still, I guess, have to say that Tyler Ramsey used to be in Band of Horses as lead guitarist and a notable songwriter for that band, but he’s been ploughing his own furrow for nearly […]
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Bristol’s Wardrobe Theatre is a bohemian gem of a venue in a neglected but vibrant corner of the city, offering up a mix of independent productions and cutting edge Americana to an audience made up of […]

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