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Massy Ferguson “You Can’t Tell Me I’m Not What I Used to Be”

January 24, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Whether in combines or rock bands, Massy Ferguson is a solid brand. Seattle band Massy Ferguson have fired up the diesel and gotten ready to plough a straight furrow back to what’s been expected of them […]

Interview: Paul Kelly on the eternal present and the attraction of opposites

January 23, 2025 Dean Nardi 1

Kelly has got the fever (longing still). ‘Back to the Future’ is one of a dozen songs on Paul Kelly’s “Fever Longing Still,” which could just as easily been titled “Back to Basics,” for that is […]

More People Really Should Know About: Marc Delgado

January 22, 2025 Dean Nardi 1

The X stands for the unknown. Marc Delgado is a man of contradictions, a musician and a poet, a recovering addict, a family man, a loner. He is also one of the best singer/songwriters in the […]

Anniversary Cheers: Nonesuch Records gives Wilco’s “A Ghost Is Born” super deluxe packaging to celebrate 20 years

January 20, 2025 Dean Nardi 1

Let’s be sure all the i’s are crossed and the t’s dotted before getting into the whys and wherefores of Wilco in concert with Nonesuch Records releasing the 20th anniversary super deluxe package of their Grammy-winning […]

Interview: James Mastro on Richard Lloyd, Ian Hunter, Richard Barone, to name a few

January 16, 2025 Dean Nardi 1

If James Mastro has health and happiness, he’s a rich man. His Facebook blurb states “I write songs and sing them if I have to. Guitarist, producer, and fake a host of other instruments. A sordid […]

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

September 24, 2026 0

Family Stereo, most recently seen out supporting the Felice Brothers, is the project of Blake Watt, and Remedy is the opening song on his latest album The Thread, which has been released via Bella Union. It’s […]

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”

September 24, 2026 0

Here is the latest single from Italian singer-songwriter, one-woman band, and writer Elli de Mon. Timeless and cinematic, Strange Fruit is deeply haunting and beautifully unsettling. The focus is entirely on de Mon’s impressive, resonant voice, […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 1

It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: P.J. M Bond “Ponderosa Pine”

February 27, 2026 0

We’re very happy to offer an early listen to today’s premiere – Ponderosa Pine is the second single by Dutch singer-songwriter P.J.M. Bond off his new album Coyote (King of the Island). It’s one of a […]

Album Reviews

Tim Easton “You Don’t Really Know Me”

August 26, 2021 0

Timeout for a lifestyle change. It may seem odd to say, but for some folks the pandemic, with all its restrictions and limitations, may have come along at a good time. A chance to slow down, […]

Album Reviews

Owen Williams “Standing Still Will Kill You” (Independent 2018)

February 28, 2018 0

Opening with the Gospel-tinged ‘Else The Devil Try’ and then dragging the choir into the far more country rocky ‘The Man Who Ate The Hurricane’ sets Williams’s stall out as a purveyor of the gothic country […]

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