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Video: Lily Frost “Nightbird-Lilith” – resurrecting the myth

January 21, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
This is the latest single from Toronto-based songwriter, musician, producer, and radio host Lily Frost. Opening with dramatic instrumentation, ‘Nightbird-Lilith’ grows in lush, musical layers of harp, accordion, and percussion. Over this soundscape, Frost’s vocal is […]
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Brothers Osborne put out 10th anniversary reissue of “Pawn Shop” in February

January 20, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Award-winning duo Brothers Osborne celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their breakthrough album “Pawn Shop” with the announcement of “Pawn Shop (10 Year Anniversary Edition)”, to be issued on 13th February 2026 via MCA Records. Originally released […]
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Nashville’s Striking Matches celebrate 10th anniversary of debut with UK tour dates

January 20, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Nashville duo Striking Matches ignited their career with debut “Nothing But The Silence” released on IRS in 2015 and produced by T Bone Burnett. The years between haven’t quite lived up to the start, at least […]
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Henry Grace “Things Are Moving All Around Me”

January 20, 2026 Pete Hill 0
Back home and looking forward to a bright future. A move to LA in 2021 inspired Henry Grace’s debut album “Alive in America”, which brought the London-born singer-songwriter plenty of admirers. He returned home after studying […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Brennen Leigh

January 20, 2026 David Jarman 0
My introduction to Brennen Leigh was on the rather fabulous Outlaw Country Cruise out of Miami in March last year, one of some 30 artists appearing, including Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, and John Hiatt. She made […]

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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Mark Whitfield

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For all the years I’ve been Editor of AUK, I’ve been itching for us to do a best song of all time feature. We’ve had so many “best of” series in recent years covering artists, albums, […]
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Jesper Lindell “3614 Jackson Highway”

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Stunning homage to historical Muscle Shoals Studios recordings by budding Swedish superstar soul roots singer. A couple of years ago, your humble writer had the great pleasure to review the third album of a budding soul […]
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Bonnie Prince Billy “We Are Together Again”

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How community might just save you from yourself (and the world). “However dimly we perceive it, we are living through a change of worlds. The one we were born into is slipping away, reshaped and denuded […]

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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]
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Interview: Lady Nade on being involved in a Netflix drama, inspiration, identity and mental health in music

March 2, 2026 0
Runner-up in our readers’ poll for Best UK Artist in 2025, Lady Nade has steadily built a reputation as one of the most distinctive and emotionally resonant voices in UK roots music. Blending jazz, Americana, folk, […]
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Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

February 26, 2026 0
I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]

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John Calvin Abney “Tourist”

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Recorded on the road, Tourist is an engaging, lush and poignant set of songs. Unlike most folk who were locked down at home during the pandemic, Tulsa musician John Calvin Abney, his San Francisco lease having […]
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Rod Picott to release album of co-writes with Slaid Cleaves

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Rod Picott has announced a new album ‘Wood, Steel, Dust & Dreams’ which will be released on May 21st. The double CD contains fresh recordings of every song that Rod has written over the past thirty […]

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