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Classic Clips: Pete Gow “Leonard’s Bar” – Playground Theatre, London, 10th April 2022

August 1, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 1
‘Leonard’s Bar’ is the centrepiece of Pete Gow’s 2022 album ‘Leo’, which took shape during the first lockdown of the 2020 pandemic. This resulted in Gow being unable to collaborate with his band in the studio, […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: Danny Bradley + Plumhall & Holly Taymar, Kirton in Lindsey Garden Festival – 19th July 2025

August 1, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
The Kirton in Lindsey Garden Festival, which celebrated its sixth anniversary this weekend, was intended once again to take place in the wonderful and spacious garden of residents and passionate supporters of the local americana music […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 192 “Blood”

August 1, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Every three months or so, depending on circumstances, health, or holiday, I go and give blood. It has always seemed like a good thing to do, costs me nothing but a bit of time… and a […]
Album Reviews

The Swell Season “Forward”

August 1, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0
After a 16-year hiatus, the folk duo return with an introspective, heartfelt, and nostalgic album. The Swell Season was formed by Glen Hansard, an Irish singer-songwriter and frontman of The Frames, and Markéta Irglová, a Czech […]
News

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Mary Gauthier live

August 1, 2025 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 Tift Merritt, Josh Ritter, Tyler Childers, Bright Eyes and […]

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Brennan Leigh, live at St. Mary's Creative Space, Chester - 32d July 2026

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John R. Miller “The Great Unknowing”

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Michael Rudd

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Hailing from New Mexico, roots rock singer/songwriter Michael Rudd has been around for almost four decades since he put a bag of clothes, a manual typewriter, a few notebooks and a guitar in his two-door Datsun […]
Album Reviews

Frank Migliorelli & The Dirt Nappers “Abnormal Condition”

July 20, 2026 0
Raw, intense, varied Americana with a great ‘live’ feel. Abnormal Conditions’ is the fifth album by upstate New York roots rockers Frank Migliorelli and the Dirt Nappers, and it is an absolute corker. It blends rock, […]
Features

For The Sake Of The Song : The Volares “Down To The Lane”

July 20, 2026 0
There are some songs that just hit the spot. Songs that one instantly adores and that have an almost profound effect on you and that you keep coming back to year after year. It’s been nearly […]

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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]
Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

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Video: Jo Schornikow “Ghosts”

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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: The Best of the Rest

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The votes have been cast and counted and next week we will begin the run-down of the Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century as chosen by our writers. Number 10 will be revealed on […]

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