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Video Premiere: Holly Carter “What You See”

June 26, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1
Here’s the latest single from award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Holly Carter. ‘What You See’ is an excellent showcase for Carter’s talents, particularly the beautifully fluent melody of her voice alongside her distinctive fingerstyle guitar playing. The […]
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Mark Knopfler

June 25, 2025 Tim Martin 2
I came fairly late to Mark Knopfler’s solo albums. In fact, I didn’t investigate them deeply until I reviewed “One Deep River”  for AUK. Since scoring that 9 out of 10, I’ve examined some of his other post-Dire […]
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Joseph Decosimo “Ida Red” – Appalachian makeover

June 25, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Sometimes it can be something as simple as a chance remark that leads a person to make some astonishing new music, and that’s the case for Joseph Decosimo on his new album “Fiery Gizzard“.  It was […]
Album Reviews

Folk Roundup – Gavin Fairhall Lever, Filkins Drift, Trip, Danu, Quinie, C. Daniel Boling & Tom Paxton

June 25, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
This is an epic edition of Folk Roundup, so many great albums, we’re not sure yet who is going to pull themselves to the top of the heap as album of the month. And such variety […]
Album Reviews

Michael Robert Murphy “Chaos Magick”

June 25, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0
A truly sound solo debut. Regular readers will know that there are no limits to AUK’s musical reach. Featuring artists from North America to the Antipodes, we also know there is no shortage of equally fine […]

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

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

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

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Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

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Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album

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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 […]
Leah Blevins
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
  • Fruit Bats “The Landfill”
  • Hell in a Handcart – making a profit for “The Man”
  • Elizabeth Cook announces new album and narrative film
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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 […]
Interviews

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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Check out the latest single from GRAMMY Award-winning Nickel Creek.  ‘Holding Pattern’ is a gently beautiful song that lures the listener into its hypnotic, finger-picking patterns.  The accompanying video features mandolinist Chris Thile, violinist Sara Watkins and […]
Album Reviews

Kyle Morgan “Younger At Most Everything”

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On “Younger At Most Everything”, Kyle Morgan is able to successfully cover the broad landscape of Americana music. Covering the full terrain of such a wide musical spectrum that is Americana is quite a daunting task […]
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Something for the weekend: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit “Overseas”

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So here we are again as Cher said in 1989. If you really do want to be distracted from the absolute state of things for 5 minutes (and who could blame you now we have the […]

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