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Nathan Evans Fox “Heirloom”

June 3, 2026 Jonathan Smith 0
A record built to last. “Nathan Evans Fox sounds like the truth. In the end, that’s what we go to songwriters for, isn’t it?”  These words opened Alan O’Hare’s review for Americana UK, writing about 2018’s […]
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The Jayhawks celebrate 40 years with UK tour and a new album, Yippee!!

June 3, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
Tour includes first time in Brighton. The Minneapolis band has announced four dates so far in the UK, with hopefully more to come. One date that stands out is the Brighton gig, which is their first […]
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Liv Wade “Carolina” – finally, another song that mentions parallelograms

June 3, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Carolina is a person that Liv Wade clearly wants to avoid, and Liv Wade makes clear that to do so allows her to be “free to be myself and not afraid to tell the truth.”   For […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Turn Turn Turn “Manitowoc”

June 3, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the latest video from americana trio Turn Turn Turn. The band features Savannah Smith on vocals and guitar, Barb Brynstad on vocals and bass, and Adam Levy on vocals and guitar. Collectively, the three are […]
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Album Reviews

AUK Shortcuts: Paula Boggs Band, David Lewis, The Doomed Bird of Providence, Jack’s Basket Room, Swarme of Beese, Victoria’s Big Easy, Allen Dobb, Peter Karp, and Mark Branscombe

June 2, 2026 Bryan Bance 0
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently, which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Buffalo Springfield

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Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Buffalo Springfield

June 3, 2026 1
There’s something about Buffalo Springfield. I can’t quite put my finger on it. Their work is shrouded in a haze. That is, it’s hard to look at anything that Stephen Stills or Neil Young did on […]
Album Reviews

Doug Mishkin “Tip Of The Spear”

June 3, 2026 0
A veteran activist singer-songwriter releases his latest bulletin on our troubled times, mixed in with more personal musings. Think of protest music, and one thinks of 1960s America, when the Vietnam War, in particular, inspired a […]
Album Reviews

Paul Metsa “Songs of Resistance & Resolve: 1984–2025”

June 3, 2026 0
Collection spanning the Minnesotan’s career highlights how fighting for justice is as important now as it ever was. When you think of americana and protest music, the striking image of Woody Guthrie brandishing his guitar with […]

  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Buffalo Springfield
  • Doug Mishkin “Tip Of The Spear”
  • Paul Metsa “Songs of Resistance & Resolve: 1984–2025”
  • Ferris and Sylvester proclaim “It’s a Joy To Be Alive”
  • It was fifty years and five months today…
  • Nathan Evans Fox “Heirloom”
  • The Jayhawks celebrate 40 years with UK tour and a new album, Yippee!!
  • Liv Wade “Carolina” – finally, another song that mentions parallelograms
  • Video Premiere: Turn Turn Turn “Manitowoc”
  • AUK Shortcuts: Paula Boggs Band, David Lewis, The Doomed Bird of Providence, Jack’s Basket Room, Swarme of Beese, Victoria’s Big Easy, Allen Dobb, Peter Karp, and Mark Branscombe
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Interviews

Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

May 29, 2026 0
To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
Interviews

Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

May 27, 2026 0
If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]
Interviews

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

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Album Reviews

Carrie Tree “The Canoe” (Wild Cedar Records, 2019)

April 25, 2019 0
‘The Canoe’ is the third album by Brighton based singer-songwriter Carrie Tree and with production and arrangements being handled by Markus Sieber (know for his ambient recordings as Aukai), you could predict with a high degree […]
News

Wild Rose out today, Jessie Buckley to play Black Deer

April 12, 2019 0
We leave you today dear reader with a reminder that ‘Wild Rose’ which we recently glowingly reviewed goes on general release across the UK from today. The film sees Jessie Buckley star as Rose-Lynn Harlan, a […]
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Interview: Chatham Rabbits can pull from a hatful of songs

May 28, 2025 1
It’s hard to pin down and stamp a genre like a Notary Public would on Chatham Rabbits. The husband-and-wife duo of Austin and Sarah McCombie started out in bluegrass and old-timey music, but they have taken […]

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