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Aimee Mann releases new video from “Mental Illness” album – Watch

March 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Aimee Mann’s new album “Mental Illness” (with a fantastic cover) is out next week, the follow up to 2012’s “Charmer” where she returns to a more musically soft-spoken but still lyrically barbed approach, exemplified by her current single, Patient […]
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Emmylou Harris to play anniversary show at the Ryman

March 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
News from Rolling Stone Country this morning: “Emmylou Harris is set to kick off a year-long celebration of the 125th anniversary of Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium with a special show there on May 2nd. The Grand […]
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New Fleet Foxes album picks up where previous ended

March 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Like exactly where it left off.  Pitchfork reports: “On June 16, Fleet Foxes release Crack-Up, their first new album in six years. According to frontman Robin Pecknold, they pick up literally where they left off on […]
Features

Here’s 10 socially progressive country tunes for you

March 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
We love country music here at AUK, but the politics of mainsteam country can be something of a turn off in these weary times, so this is a nice article from Billboard reporting on country anthems […]
News

Jason Isbell previews new country music exhibit

March 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
If you ever get a chance to go to Nashville (a kind of Mecca for americana fans) then the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is still an essential.  RS Country reports: “If the thought […]

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Star studded Felice Brothers tribute album to arrive in October

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Buddy Miller returns with star-studded first album in 15 years

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Evan Honer “If You Wanna Know” – I’d wait for you

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Video: Mason Jennings “If” – the power of hope and love in the human heart

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Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

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News

Star studded Felice Brothers tribute album to arrive in October

July 23, 2026 0
As the band themselves announce 2027 UK dates. The Felice Brothers are to be celebrated in the album Felice County Fair, a tribute album exploring and reimagining the band’s back catalogue, which will be released Oct 16th […]
News

Buddy Miller returns with star-studded first album in 15 years

July 23, 2026 0
Listen to the first song from it “Don’t Look Back” below. Americana legend Buddy Miller has announced his return with a new self-titled album in 15 years which will be released on 11th September 2026. Described […]
Tracks

Evan Honer “If You Wanna Know” – I’d wait for you

July 23, 2026 0
Evan Honer is a busy person: and 2026 has already been an exceptionally prolific year for Honer. Forging ahead on his It’s An Even Longer Road tour, he has sold out countless shows, headlined festivals, joined […]

  • Star studded Felice Brothers tribute album to arrive in October
  • Buddy Miller returns with star-studded first album in 15 years
  • Evan Honer “If You Wanna Know” – I’d wait for you
  • Video: Mason Jennings “If” – the power of hope and love in the human heart
  • Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!
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  • Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves “Bury Deep My Heart”
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Interviews

Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]
Interviews

Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

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Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Jason Isbell “Pancho and Lefty”, 2018

January 17, 2025 0
Isbell performed at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for the ‘Outlaws and Armadillos’ exhibition. When you combine the superlative talents of Jason Isbell (now Americana’s favourite son) and Townes van Zandt, one of […]
Album Reviews

Tyler Ramsey “For The Morning” (Fantasy Records/Virgin EMI, 2019)

May 22, 2019 2
For those unfamiliar with Tyler Ramsey, he was the lead guitarist and one of the core songwriters in Band of Horses throughout their astronomical rise to the top of their game and, having left the group […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: William Tyler + Natalie Wildgoose, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London – 4th June 2025

June 19, 2025 0
The world feels exceptionally heavy these past several weeks. At times, it becomes absurdly surreal that everyday life drags on with little to no acknowledgement of just how chaotic and frightening things have become for so […]

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