Tracks
Something for the weekend: Laura Marling “Caroline”
That’s it from us for our first week back and we leave you dear reader with a track which 6 Music has been playing to death this last few weeks and not without good reason – […]
Book Reviews
The Gordon Sharpe Americana Book Award 2024
This is the second year of our tribute to our late colleague Gordon Sharpe. We felt that an award which recognised the cream of the new books we’ve reviewed over the previous year was a fitting […]
Columns
AUK Back Pages No. 11
Well, Happy New Year to all here in 2025 as we delve into the then new year of 2008 with our latest peek into the AUK archives. As ever there’s a new cover design for the […]
Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed 169 “Travelling Music”
Just before Christmas, I travelled to Australia to attend my niece’s wedding. I was there for five days. I travelled for a total of sixty seven hours including stopovers etc. that’s nearly three days in old […]
News
Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win a pair of tickets to see Katherine Priddy live
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 Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Seve Earle, Father John Misty […]
News
A valentine from The Lumineers with “Automatic”
The Lumineers have announced the release of their highly anticipated new album, “Automatic”, available via Dualtone on Friday, 14th February 2025. It’s the band’s fifth studio album and their first new collection in more than three […]
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That’s it from us for our first week back and we leave you dear reader with a track which 6 Music has been playing to death this last few weeks and not without good reason [...] -
Who is Kentucky? Perhaps slightly surprisingly Jordan Holman, the man behind the moniker, is a Canadian who was originally from Edmonton but is now based in Almonte, Ontario. He was raised with music woven deep [...] -
Check out the recent single from Seattle group Massy Ferguson. “When You’re Not Around” is a catchy, upbeat song that courses along on driving rhythms and jangling guitar. Over the compelling instrumentation, Ethan Anderson’s voice [...] -
Legendary is a word we sometimes toss around a little too easily, but in the case of Charlie Musselwhite it is more than appropriate – a byword for musical excellence since the 1967 release of [...] -
Afton Wolfe’s latest single is wonderfully atmospheric rendition of the David Olney song “Titanic”. With pounding drums and searing, grinding electric guitar, the tone is set for this powerful, moody song. Over the compelling instrumentation, [...]
keith hargreaves:
You are absolutely correct my apologies. I will update asap. Thanks for pointing out K
Declan:
Dublin is not in the UK it is in Ireland 🇮🇪
Rick Bayles:
Agreed. She's a terrific talent.
