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Grain Thief “House Of The Dog”

July 24, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
A musically fun, if sometimes lyrically dark, fifth full-length from Boston string band Grain Thief. One of the benefits of reviewing albums for AUK is getting to hear artists that would almost certainly have gone unnoticed […]
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Folk Roundup – Clementine Lovell, Ezmay Grace, Faun Fables, Natalie Padilla, Odette Michell

July 24, 2025 Andy Short 0
For this month’s folk round-up, we give AUK’s very own folk hero, Jonathan Aird, a well-earned month off. Looking at this fine selection of five new albums, he has missed a good one. We have a […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Bonnie Dobson and The Hanging Stars + Black Magick Caravan, Norwich Arts Centre – 10th July 2025

July 24, 2025 John Lee 2
Partnerships in music, like food, can be intriguing. Some combinations seem inseparable, like rhubarb and custard. Others are effortlessly natural, like strawberries and cream. Some create something unexpectedly wonderful, like strawberries and balsamic vinegar (try it […]
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AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – July 2025

July 24, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Welcome to July’s ‘Monthly EPs Round-Up’ article, where we run the rule over this month’s new releases covering all corners of the americana music genre. As I scan across the fields of my home county of […]
Album Reviews

The Riflebirds Of Portland “Windmills On The Moon”

July 24, 2025 Peter Churchill 0
36 years on, a belated second album from a band clearly with unfinished business. “Windmills On The Moon” is not the first album that The Riflebirds of Portland have put out. Their debut, “April,” garnered some decent […]

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Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0
Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]
Album Reviews

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0
Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

  • Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”
  • Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026
  • Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”
  • Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”
  • Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album
  • Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]
Interviews

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0
In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]
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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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Canadian songsmith Jerry leger, a man who’s been described as “managing to channel the youthful vigour of Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Neil Young and Rick Danko, sometimes all within the same song” is set to release ‘Things […]
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Louien “Be Forgiven” – Listen

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Louien is the performance name for Live Miranda Solberg, and this new track is taken from her album ‘None of My Words‘, which is out this September.  Live has said that “this album is probably more […]
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AUK Back Pages No. 14

May 7, 2025 0
And it’s Happy New Year once again as we hop into 2009 with a new CD cover design (maintained throughout the year but in varying shades of welcoming colours). Not so happy is the fact that […]

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