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Writing about americana, country, blues, folk and all stops in between
Album Reviews

Michelle Rivers “Chasing Somewhere”

July 18, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0
Tales of people and places in America’s north west The lines, “I’m going west, west, west with you my love/ ‘Cause that’s what’s best for us right now” not only start the album’s opener, ‘Going West’, but […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Rod Picott, Twickfolk, Cabbage Patch, Twickenham – July 3rd, 2022

July 11, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0
In a recent interview with AUK ahead of his UK tour Rod Picott’s enthusiasm for getting back out playing came across loud and clear. Even on the penultimate date of his UK tour, after a day […]
Album Reviews

Fellow Pynins “Lady Mondegreen”

June 30, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0
Sensitive crafting of original folk for a new generation. At first glance the appeal of an album of reworked traditional music might be limited only to the folk purist. But if applied to this second release […]
Album Reviews

Shearwater “The Great Awakening”

June 17, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0
A profound meditation of the natural world. Album titles can range from the blindingly obvious to totally obscure and sometimes seem to have been created as an afterthought. Not so Shearwater’s ‘The Great Awakening’. As with […]
Features

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Lyndon Bolton

June 9, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 1
When compiling my ‘Top Ten Ever’ list I spent surprisingly little time ruminating how and what to include. Instead, I just came up with ten albums that for various reasons have made a deep impression on […]

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Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

March 24, 2026 0
An impressive blues-influenced mixture of laid-back and edgier numbers. Coast of Light is Luke Winslow-King’s ninth album after having debuted with Luke Winslow-King in 2008. It is a bit of an outlier from many of the […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

March 24, 2026 0
The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]
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The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

March 24, 2026 0
Folk-tinged harmonies and sophisticated indie-pop for turbulent times. Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson are originally from Knoxville, Tennessee – together they make up The Montvales. During their middle school years, the duo started out by busking […]

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Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]
Interviews

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

March 4, 2026 2
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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Videos

Video Premiere: The Blue Highways “Tonight”

April 27, 2021 1
Check out the video premiere of the passionate ‘Tonight’ from The Blue Highways.  This beautiful song has been recorded in the equally beautiful surroundings of St John’s Church, Hoxton.  The group usually includes the Lury brothers […]
Tracks

Americana UK’s Halloween Horrors – casting a spell on you

October 29, 2025 0
My, my… aren’t you the persistent one? Come in, come in… I’m afraid we’re going to have to ask you to stand… the chairs are not quite what they should be today… Bad chair. No, no, […]
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Daniel Kemish kicks off extensive UK tour to promote latest album “Hard Times”

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Having won over audiences at January’s UK AmericanaFest with his band (reviewed by AUK), Daniel Kemish returns to the UK for an extensive tour of smaller venues in England and Wales from late February through the […]

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