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Live Review: Ferris & Sylvester + Oli McCracken, Spiritual Bar, London – 27th May 2025

June 11, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Regular AUK readers will already be familiar with Ferris & Sylvester and their distinctive blend of blues, folk and Americana. Having won multiple awards, including UK Album Of The Year at the UK Americana Awards 2023 […]
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Album Reviews

Rupert Wates “Father to the Man”

June 11, 2025 Gordon Mackay 2
Rupert Wates returns with a showcase of sublime guitar skills. “Father to the Man” is Wates’ 14th solo album, and as with previous recent outings, Wates’ mellifluous guitar style is front and centre across the album, […]
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James Yorkston teams up with Swedish stars for “Songs For Nina and Johanna”

June 11, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Scottish singer-songwriter James Yorkston has announced his latest album, “Songs for Nina and Johanna”, will be released via Domino on 22nd August 2025. The album is his sixteenth on Domino and his third to be recorded […]
Tracks

Watchhouse “All Around You” – finding home

June 11, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Watchhouse have paid their dues – starting over a decade ago playing coffee shops and local restaurants around North Carolina they have now released their latest album ‘Rituals‘, their first in four years.  From the small […]
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Video: Skerryvore “The Sea That Sings”

June 11, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Insistent rhythms and depths of instrumental layers are a great foundation for Alec Dalgleish’s voice in the latest single from Skerryvore. In ‘The Sea That Sings’, Dalgleish’s vocal is as tuneful and pure as the song’s […]

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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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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 […]
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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
  • Fruit Bats “The Landfill”
  • Hell in a Handcart – making a profit for “The Man”
  • Elizabeth Cook announces new album and narrative film
  • Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Jim Walker of Brighthelmstone Promotions
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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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Jingle Bells Friday – Should we put the tree up this weekend?

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Just like a selection box of chocolates there’s something here for everyone – at least until someone eats all the toffee hazelnuts,  they are meant to be for sharing.  Oh, never mind.   Luckily these are treats […]
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Video: Lady Nade “Ain’t One Thing”

October 9, 2020 0
The new single from Lady Nade is characterised by a gorgeous vocal melody and performance.  Just as importantly, the message is unselfconsciously, unashamedly positive, inclusive and open-hearted.  It’s so difficult to pull off a warm, loving […]
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Forgotten Artists – The Cactus Brothers

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The Cactus Brothers were a Nashville based band who released two excellent albums in the 1990s before folding. Those two albums, whilst critically lauded, suffered a fate familiar to many bands who dared to stray from […]

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