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Lucy Rose releases new single/video online – Watch (and listen!)

March 2, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Lucy Rose has announced details of a new single, her first through Communion Records, and the first music to be lifted from a new album project. It follows a film trailer which launched last week, detailing […]
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Pokey LaFarge releases song about current racial tension in US – Listen

March 2, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Well worth a listen if you have a spare three minutes and 40 seconds in your life, and he’s playing some dates in the Netherlands next month. Rolling Stone reports: “Roots performer Pokey LaFarge calls St. […]
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Ryan Adams hits number one in 3 US Charts

March 2, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
And he’s number one in the UK’s americana chart too. Billboard reports: “Ryan Adams takes no prisoners as he arrives at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums, Alternative Albums and Americana/Folk Albums charts (dated March […]
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Punch Brothers’ Noam Pikelny Performs “Old Banjo” in preparation for new album release – Watch

March 1, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
This is rather fine if you have 5 minutes to spare, some nice covers on the way too. Rolling Stone reports: “Sometime last winter, Noam Pikelny grew restless. He’d recently wrapped up a tour with the Punch […]
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Noble Jacks announce UK dates

March 1, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Foot-stomping folksters Noble Jacks will release their long-awaited debut album “What The Hammer” on March 24th on Union Music Store, and Harvey’s Brewery in Lewes will be unveiling ‘Noble Jacks,’ a special limited-run brew to coincide with […]

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Paul Holland “Sunflower”

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Video Premiere: The Two Tracks “Mexico By Friday”

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Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Oh, The Joy of Life!”

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Album Reviews

Paul Holland “Sunflower”

June 1, 2026 0
Dreamy West Coast vibes with touches of folk and a pinch of jazz. Sunflower is the debut album of German/British artist Paul Holland. It features a number of very enjoyable characteristics, from West Coast soft rock […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 232 “Suprising”

June 1, 2026 0
Last week’s heatwave was the setting for an adventure. Regular readers will know that Mrs H and I venture out in a van every now and then, but the Bank Holiday was the first time that […]
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Lavinia Blackwall and Neil Farrell with SJ McArdle “The Cruel Father” – old tales spun into song

June 1, 2026 0
Ah, the perils of being an heiress of £14,000 a year – well, for every Darcy there’s going to be at least a dozen Wickhams.  And that’s what we find in this new song, that comes […]

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  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 232 “Suprising”
  • Lavinia Blackwall and Neil Farrell with SJ McArdle “The Cruel Father” – old tales spun into song
  • Video Premiere: The Two Tracks “Mexico By Friday”
  • Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Oh, The Joy of Life!”
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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

May 29, 2026 0
To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
Interviews

Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

May 27, 2026 0
If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]
Interviews

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

May 26, 2026 3
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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Dean Owens “Southern Wind” (At The Helm Records 2018)

April 9, 2018 0
Dean Owens is a well known artist from Leith, with an established reputation on both sides of the Atlantic and here is a very special album. This review should convince you to take special notice of  […]
Features

A top ten of classic Americana albums

May 19, 2020 2
Will I be listening to this top ten in ten years? For the most part, probably. Most of the selections have stood my test of time for a good twenty or thirty years and I don’t […]
Album Reviews

The Whiskey Charmers “The Valley” (Sweet Apple Pie, 2017)

September 18, 2017 0
They may not have invited the audience to lick peanut butter off their chests like Iggy Pop, but Detroit band The Whiskey Charmers hold their former neighbour in high esteem. “Clearly Iggy Pop is doing something […]

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