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Interview: Nick Gusman on “Lifting Heavy Things” with The Coyotes

January 8, 2025 Martin Johnson 0

Keeping ‘90s alt-country alive while bringing new music to new audiences. If Nick Gusman and The Coyotes are an indicator then grassroots americana is still alive and well in St Louis, Missouri. The band who earned […]

Carolyn Kendrick “Each Machine”

January 8, 2025 Tim Martin 0

A distinctly uneasy listen, but a thought-provoking signpost for the second quarter of the 21st century. Carolyn Kendrick is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, fiddler, guitarist, and producer. She’s one of the many musicians who has stepped […]

Continental Shift 5. Italy

January 8, 2025 Rick Bayles 2

Alt. Country is alive and well and sunning itself in Italy. If you’re going to write about americana music in Italy the logical place to start is with Stefano ‘Stiv’ Cantarelli and his great band, Satellite […]

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Live Review: Jontavious Willis. Missy Lane’s Assembly Room, Durham, North Carolina, 23rd November 2024

January 8, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Missy Lane’s Assembly Room. Where is it anyhow? Must be in Memphis or probably Atlanta. Maybe in one of the ideologically unencumbered districts of Washington D.C. As it turns out, Missy Lane’s is located in Durham, […]

Apocalypse Now! Waterboys announce new album and huge UK tour

January 8, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 2

Mike Scott examines pop culture through the lens of the Easy Rider. The Waterboys’ brand new, sixteenth studio album “Life, Death And Dennis Hopper” comes out on the iconic Sun Records on April 4th. The first […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 0

It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]

Artwork for Lisa Bouchelle album "Vandals Thieves and Lovers"

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

September 23, 2026 0

Classy vocals from Lisa Bouchelle are front and centre of a fine country soul collection, featuring Amanda Shires, with some unexpected twists. It’s always a pleasure as a reviewer to discover a new top vocalist – […]

Album art for Mac Cornish album "Wayfaring Woman"

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

September 23, 2026 0

Californian singer reminds you of the days when country music was country music, and that’s no bad thing. Mac Cornish grew up on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains in northern California, where she […]

Year: 2025

Interview: Nick Gusman on “Lifting Heavy Things” with The Coyotes

Carolyn Kendrick “Each Machine”

Continental Shift 5. Italy

Live Review: Jontavious Willis. Missy Lane’s Assembly Room, Durham, North Carolina, 23rd November 2024

Apocalypse Now! Waterboys announce new album and huge UK tour

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

Sarah McQuaid takes to the road again in the UK in November

Levi Foster “Appalachian Funk Tree”