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Bap Kennedy anniversary EP out today

November 1, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Brenda Boyd Kennedy, has been in touch with us here at AUK to let us know about a new EP which is released today to commemorate the second anniversary of her husband the great Bap Kennedy’s passing. […]
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Juanita Stein announces UK dates

October 31, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Juanita Stein has announced a full UK tour for this November / December. The Howling Bells frontwoman turned solo artist, who has just released her new album ‘Until The Lights Fade’ via Nude Records, follows a summer […]
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Storm alert! Emily Barker’s Hurricane hits the UK this week

October 29, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
The always lovely antipodean americana singer-songwriter Emily Barker whose latest album ‘Sweet Kind of Blue’ received a glowing review from us last year, is touring around the UK this week. The AMA-UK artist of the year […]
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Chicago “In Terms of Two” – Listen

October 29, 2018 Mark Whitfield 4
Peter Cetera is performing live tonight at the Barbican, his first UK show in over three decades. Woefully under-rated as both a songwriter and a vocalist (his voice still being one of the most distinctive of […]
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Jim James does a tiny but beautiful desk concert for NPR

October 26, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Well we leave you this week dear readers with one of those lovely little desk concerts (concerts you can watch at your desk) from NPR, this time featuring My Morning Jacket’s Jim James who does three […]

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More People Really Should Know About: Blue Water Highway

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More People Really Should Know About: Blue Water Highway

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Blue Water Highway is an Austin-based Americana/folk rock band. Their signature is considered songwriting across a variety of styles, but always melodic, with fantastic harmony singing. Musically timeless, there are elements of Laurel Canyon songwriting, focussing […]
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The Red Clay Strays to release their new album in June

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The Red Clay Strays have unveiled their new album, Grateful, arriving via HBYCO Records/RCA Records on 5th June 2026. Produced once again by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit), Grateful […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Dan Bern

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People used to call Dan Bern “the new Dylan” or sometimes “smarty pants.” There have been more than a few new Dylans over the years. Bern was not one of them. A pal of mine back […]

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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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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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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

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Watch Margo Price cover Dylan classic “Things Have Changed”

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Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Margo Price was set to release her latest album ‘That’s How Rumors Get Started’ when the coronavirus pandemic hit. The Nashville artist, whose last album garnered all kinds of acclaim, has postponed the release […]
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James Fredholm “Love Is The Answer” (Honeybee Records 2017)

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James Fredholm’s debut album is unusually accompanied by a small book of his poetry, titled ‘Uncaged.’ This is a clear indication as to where his priorities now lie as, having spent much of his adult life […]
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Kenneth Norum “This Too Will Pass”

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Reflections on a lost love from multi-talented Norwegian musician. Recorded in his home studio and self-produced, this is the second album from Norway’s Kenneth Norum. With all ten songs written in English, the lyrics largely focus […]

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