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Illinois’ Ohtis set to tour UK for the first time

August 9, 2019 Mark Underwood 0
An album that’s gained increasing acclaim through five star reviews and word of mouth is Ohtis’ ‘Curve of Earth’. What makes the back story to this debut release so compelling is that it’s an album fully […]
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The Rails announce new album and tour dates

August 8, 2019 Mark Underwood 0
Following a sold-out show at The Lexington in London on July 31st and an appearance at the Cambridge Folk Festival the following day, James Walbourne and Kami Thompson, aka The Rails, head out on a UK […]
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Caroline Spence has tour dates in October

August 8, 2019 Mark Underwood 0
Following the release of her third studio album, ‘Mint Condition’, Caroline Spence returns to the UK for seven dates in October. Having won numerous songwriting awards from industry mainstays like the Kerrville Folk Festival, Spence has long […]
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The Rails, The Lexington, London, 31 July 2019

August 6, 2019 Mark Underwood 1
When folk royalty such as Richard Thompson venture into the adjoining pub before this sold out show, it tends to ramp up the pressure somewhat. It’s a challenge that his daughter, the prodigiously talented Kami Thompson […]
Interviews

Interview: Jim Walker, Brighthelmstone Promotions

August 2, 2019 Mark Underwood 0
Jim Walker is managing director of Brighthelmstone Promotions. In 2017 he started a festival in his hometown of Hassocks, West Sussex featuring two of our greatest loves – Americana music and good beer. The Mid-Sussex Americana […]

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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 2
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
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Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

May 26, 2026 0
A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

May 26, 2026 0
This song is on Sheryl Crow’s Wildflower album, released in 2005 to lukewarm critical response. It was a low-key collection of songs – no All I Wanna Do or Soak Up the Sun among them – […]

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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 2
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

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Mouths Of Babes “Summertime” – the living is, apparently, easy

September 5, 2023 1
There seems to be so much irony around this song – truth comes out of the mouths of babes of course, but just possibly the idea here is that Ty Greenstein and Ingrid Elizabeth are Babes […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 186 “The Grassroots”

May 23, 2025 0
Having dipped my toe into the murky waters of promotion on a couple of occasions I am full of respect and awe for the people who do it week in, week out. It’s a mug’s game […]
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Album Preview: Abby K “The Whole Truth”

September 18, 2019 2
Seattle-based singer-songwriter Abby K has a new album out this Friday, called ‘The Whole Truth‘ which we’re previewing right here on Americana UK.  After a lifetime living east of the Mississippi Abby K moved to the […]

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