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Chuck Prophet announces first UK tour in six years to promote latest album

December 1, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Chuck Prophet and Mission Express have announced their first UK tour since 2017, which includes eleven dates kicking off at London’s The Garage in late May. The tour promotes their most recent album, ‘The Land That […]
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Black Deer announces first big names for 2023 festival

November 24, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
An AUK favourite, Black Deer Festival, revealed today the first wave of artists on the bill for the festival, taking place at Eridge Park, Kent on June 16-18th, 2023. Although only the fourth festival, Black Deer […]
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Bluegrass legend Peter Rowan nominated for 2023 Grammy

November 23, 2022 Emily Dongray 1
American roots music legend Peter Rowan has just been nominated for a 2023 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. The nomination is for his recently released album, ‘Calling You From My Mountain‘, on Rebel Records. The […]
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Transatlantic Sessions 20th anniversary tour revealed

November 18, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
The Transatlantic Sessions concert series celebrates its 20th-Anniversary next year with another diverse version of the format. A fresh cross-generational array of Scottish, Irish and North American-based special guests join the regular all-star instrumental line-up for […]
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Elles Bailey announces dates for her headline 2023 tour

November 17, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
After a successful tour supporting Don McLean, support slots with Walter Trout, and opening for Van Morrison, Elles Bailey has announced a headlining tour which starts early next year. The tour will showcase her third album, […]

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

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Igloo Hearts are James and Katie MacGregor, a married folk-pop duo from North Wales. For our next AUK mini-gig, they kindly agreed to share some of their latest songs with our readers and viewers. Since appearing […]
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The Krickets “If You Only Knew”

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Technically excellent but emotionally bereft album from Gulf Coast female trio. Catching up on If You Only Knew, released by all-female trio The Krickets in October 2025, is like being battered with the world’s softest pillow. […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 230 “Travel – a necessary luxury”

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I’m back from 3 weeks of glorious touring around the Iberian Peninsula in the van. A total of 2,400 miles as we circled the entire country with a brief excursion into Portugal, and every single mile […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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The Lone Bellow “Wonder” – Listen

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The Lone Bellow – Zach Williams, Kanene Donehey Pipkin, Brian Elmquist – have announced the release of their new album, ‘Half Moon Light‘ (Dualtone Records, an Entertainment One Company).  It’s  the band’s fourth studio LP and […]
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Something for the weekend: First Aid Kit “Ready to Run”

November 11, 2022 0
Well that’s it for another week dearest of readers. Hope you enjoyed reading your own choices for the best albums of the 21st century yesterday which prove that we are all basically on the same page […]
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Something for the weekend: Tom Petty “Crawling Back to You”

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That’s it from us for another week dear reader. We wanted to give a special shout out to twice winner of Americana radio show of the year in previous AUK readers polls, Mike Ritchie who last […]

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