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About Craig Fee
The deeper the music goes, the better it is as an experience for me. I love the lyricists that get in there and really scratch an itch. Whether reviewing or not, I just listen; analyse what it might mean; and fully enjoy how it makes me feel.
Album Reviews

Riley Downing “Landfill Poetry”

August 18, 2026 Craig Fee 0
In his second solo album, and his first on John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, Downing draws natural parallels to Prine, echoing the late legend’s relatable storytelling and humble working-class roots. Landfill Poetry definitely strikes a chord […]

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Riley Downing “Landfill Poetry”

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Pauline Reese and Willie Nelson “Trail of Tears” – life has not been easy

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Video Premiere: Very Old Morris “That’s No Way To Act”

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For The Sake of The Song: The Flying Burrito Brothers “Sin City”

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Waylon Payne “Wayward”

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Album Reviews

Riley Downing “Landfill Poetry”

August 18, 2026 0
In his second solo album, and his first on John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, Downing draws natural parallels to Prine, echoing the late legend’s relatable storytelling and humble working-class roots. Landfill Poetry definitely strikes a chord […]
Tracks

Pauline Reese and Willie Nelson “Trail of Tears” – life has not been easy

August 18, 2026 0
Pauline Reese has known Willie Nelson for some time, as she explains “I first met Willie when I was just 15 years old. Throughout my career, I’ve had the incredible privilege of performing at six Willie […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Very Old Morris “That’s No Way To Act”

August 18, 2026 0
Check out the latest single from Very Old Morris, the solo project of San Antonio-based singer-songwriter Jerid Reed Morris, who is backed by an excellent band featuring members of Rose Windows, with additional jangle for this […]

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Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
Interviews

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]
Interviews

Interview: Frank Turner reflects on 20 years of Campfire Punkrock

August 11, 2026 0
Remarkably, it is twenty years since Frank Turner released his first solo EP: Campfire Punkrock. The very title was both a statement of intent and a conscious identifier, defining his sound and the purpose of his […]

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Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”

April 2, 2026 2
Well that’s it from us for this week as we head into the long weekend. If you’re an AUK supporter your playlist will still be with you for 5pm tomorrow and don’t forget tickets for our […]
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Video Premiere: Little Misty “Windmill (Live at The Treehouse Music Collective)”

March 6, 2023 0
A snowstorm can’t stop Little Misty from delivering a beautiful live version of ‘Windmill’.  The Montreal based quintet filmed this session at the Treehouse Music Collective in the ski town of St-Adèle Quebec.  Gorgeous shots of […]
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Album Reviews

Reissue: Dorothy Carter “Troubadour”

August 28, 2024 0
Solid reissue of 1976 debut offering from renowned hammered dulcimer player. Dorothy Carter had a fascinating life and career; between her birth in New York City in 1935, through to her death in New Orleans in […]

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