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Video: The Swell Season “Stuck in Reverse”

May 19, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1
Here’s the latest single from Oscar-winning duo Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová, also known as The Swell Season.  With gently insistent percussion, Irglová’s atmospheric keys and sweeping strings from Marja Gaynor on violin and viola Bertrand […]
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Something(s) for the weekend: Jason McNiff, Tobias Panwitz and The Milk Carton Kids

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Well, that’s it from us for another week, and we leave you dear reader with not one but two new songs from artists very dear to our hearts here in AUK Towers. Firstly, longtime AUK friend […]
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Matt Andersen “The Hammer & The Rose”

May 16, 2025 Peter Thompson 0
Canadian bluesman Matt Andersen finds his softer side, which shows off his tremendous voice in this tender, at times intimate release. “The Hammer & The Rose” is the 11th solo studio album by Canadian guitar player […]
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Interview: The Barlow is a band with Workingman’s Cred and High Spirits

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The Barlow is a band in high spirits these days with a brand-new album, their fourth, that’s worth some serious fist-bumping. The band calls their brand of music Colorado Country, and it’s as rugged as the […]
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Book Review: Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik “Blood In The Tracks”

May 16, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
It is, arguably, Dylan’s greatest album – but the story behind the recording of ‘Blood On The Tracks‘ shows that it didn’t have an easy time in coming together.  It was originally recorded in September 1974 […]

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Madi Diaz has always known she wanted to be a musician. Growing up in a Quaker household in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, her parents rejected a mainstream education for her and her brother, instead home schooling them, […]
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Portland-based ramshackle indie folk-rockers confront cultural changes and challenges. The Pacific north-west of the USA has been called home by many giants of the blues, rock, and grunge scenes, but alongside these, there’s long been a […]
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Scotland’s biggest Bluegrass music festival is about to get even bigger and better. John Sheldon, who is the main man behind the event, a formidable banjo picker himself, first set up the Guildtown event in 1986 […]

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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It’s with great sadness that we have to let you know that one of Americana UK’s stalwarts Gordon Sharpe died on Sunday following a stroke last week. Gordon has been one of the website’s most prominent […]
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It’s normally a safe assumption that you can tell most of what you need to know about a person by the company that they keep. So, when a young singer-songwriter can boast of work done for […]
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