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Video Premiere: Seven Crows “The Defeat of the Spanish Armada”

January 5, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
Happy new year and welcome back to AUK! What a way to start 2026. Immerse yourself in the moody soundscapes of ‘The Defeat of the Spanish Armada’ by Seven Crows, the side project of virtuoso violinist […]

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Video: Sorrel Nation “Ran Jonny Ran” – longing and misplaced loyalty

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Steve Hackett on Guitar

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

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Ed Askew “The Final Painting”

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artwork for Conway Savage album "Too Dark To See"

Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”

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Star studded Felice Brothers tribute album to arrive in October

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Videos

Video: Sorrel Nation “Ran Jonny Ran” – longing and misplaced loyalty

July 24, 2026 0
Here’s the latest single from roots singer-songwriter Sorrel Nation. Ran Jonny Ran is an atmospheric exploration of hard-won truths; it’s beautifully arranged and made all the more impactful by Nation’s emotive vocal delivery. She demonstrates her […]
Steve Hackett on Guitar
Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

July 23, 2026 2
Before you shout at me remember this is supposed to be fun…. I have opened up and bared my soul on a couple of occasions about my past as a teenage rocker in the 1970s, with […]
Ed Askew The Last Painting cover art
Album Reviews

Ed Askew “The Final Painting”

July 23, 2026 0
Profound, moving and beautiful reveries on posthumous release from ‘Outsider Folk’ poet. Ed Askew was a New York artist, poet, songwriter and genuine underground legend. Having first broken through with his self-titled album in 1968 (subsequently […]

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  • Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects
  • Ed Askew “The Final Painting”
  • Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”
  • Star studded Felice Brothers tribute album to arrive in October
  • Buddy Miller returns with star-spangled first album in 15 years
  • Evan Honer “If You Wanna Know” – I’d wait for you
  • Video: Mason Jennings “If” – the power of hope and love in the human heart
  • Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!
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Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]
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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

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Live Reviews

Live Review: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart, London Palladium – 5th March 2025

March 14, 2025 2
The London Palladium is certainly a very nice venue, not one that the music fan might immediately think of but there are upcoming gigs from Patti Smith and Graham Nash and the last gig I caught […]
Book Reviews

Book Review: Alec Wightman “Music In My Life: Notes From A Longtime Fan”

August 24, 2021 0
A life-long music fan writes. This is an interesting book to have come across the review desk, in the wake of some quite weighty submissions of late. In complete contrast to some of the heavily journalistic […]
Features

‘The Twang Factor’ presents: Hope in High Water

October 20, 2020 0
Welcome once again to ‘The Twang Factor’. Our guests this week are Milton Keynes based duo Hope in High Water who play what they describe as “a distinctly British take on acoustic americana” – and that’s not […]

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