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Something for the long weekend: Art Bergmann “Gazacide”

May 24, 2024 Mark Whitfield 1

That’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you’re in or near Liverpool tomorrow (Saturday) night and fancy popping along to a little gig we’re putting on featuring John Wesley Harding who in recent […]

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Something for the weekend: Beachwood Sparks “Falling Forever”

May 17, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and we leave you with the first new song in over a decade from longtime AUK favourite Beachwood Sparks. The three founders, singers and songwriters – […]

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Something for the weekend: Jenny Owen Youngs “Next Time Around” (Live)

May 10, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for this week dear reader and we leave you with the long overdue and welcome return of New Jersey’s Jenny Owen Youngs. Ahead of her New England tour, Youngs today shares a […]

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Something for the long weekend: Emily Barker “With Small We Start”

May 3, 2024 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader.  A shout out to Irish artists Elaine Mai, MayKay, and Faye O’Rourke who have collaborated on a new charity single ‘We Are’ alongside Rand, Rwand, Reem, […]

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Our new AUK supporters playlist is out today – win tickets to see Katherine Priddy live

May 3, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Iron and Wine, Pokey LaFarge, Dawn Landes, Old 97s, […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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The only thing I ever used to ask for as Christmas presents were albums. I can still remember the albums I got between the ages of 14- 19, so important to me they were in ensuring […]

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Live Review: Kate Ellis + My Girl The River, Green Note, London – 11th October 2021

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“We have lift-off. I’m so excited to be here,” declared My Girl The River, with a combination of both joy and relief. Warmly the audience echoed her sentiments. With that began a lovely evening of Americana […]

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Annie Oakley are a three-piece acoustic trio from Oklahoma City and ‘Words We Mean’ is the group’s first full length album and the culmination of many years of writing and playing together – the chemistry between […]

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