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Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Jerry Leger live

March 7, 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 The Delines, Jason Isbell, Holly Lovell, Rhona Macfarane, Patterson […]
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Album Reviews

Them Coulee Boys “No Fun in the Chrysalis”

March 7, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
The wait is over. All Them Coulee Boys’ tomorrows are today in this up-close and personable album. Eau Claire Wisconsin’s Them Coulee Boys can’t seem to stop writing songs about change, pulled into its ebbs and […]
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Classic Clips: The Silos “Anyway You Choose Me” – VH1 New Visions Rock, 1990

March 7, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Just as I was pondering on my latest contribution to the Classic Clips feature, news arrived that Bob Rupe had died. That news came via David Lowery of Cracker, a band which featured Rupe on several […]
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Woof woof (apologies) – Songdog’s new one out later this month

March 7, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Set for release on the 28th of March, “Mirabilia Mundi” is the latest album from Songdog, Welsh songwriter Lyndon Morgans’s main project for the past 25 years. Throughout the record’s 10 songs, Morgan continues his exploration […]
Album artwork for Ian M Bailey's album Lost In A Sound, 2025.
Album Reviews

Ian M Bailey “Lost In A Sound”

March 7, 2025 Daisy Innes 0
An impressive ten-track musical trip through a starry desert night. As with previous releases from Lancashire-based Ian M Bailey, the psychedelic cosmic country influences of greats like Gram Parsons and David Crosby are evident on “Lost […]

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Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2
Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]
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Album Reviews

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0
Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]
Lynyrd Skynyrd on OGWT 1975
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Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0
Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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  • Tift Merritt “Sugar”
  • Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975
  • Hawk And Steel “Ain’t Never Moving On”
  • Latest AUK Podcast is a bumper edition featuring Other Brother Darryl & Danni Nicholls
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  • Video Premiere: Maya de Vitry “Nobody Else”
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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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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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