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Video Premier: The Dreaming Spires “The Road Less Travelled”

October 14, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0
A year on from the trip that took the band to Nashville, for AmericanaFest, and to Memphis, where they recorded for a day at the legendary Ardent Studios, home to Big Star and REM’s “Green”, cutting the […]
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Randy Newman Writes New “Putin” Song – Listen

October 14, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0
News from Pitchfork, although be warned – if you click through you get that picture of the man himself bare-chested riding a horse (Putin, not Randy Newman). They report: “Randy Newman has shared a new song, […]
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Richmond Fontaine Hit UK and Ireland for Final Dates

October 13, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0
We’ve got a live version of their song “Night in the City” at the end of this story, recorded in Dublin this year, so click on!  All good things come to an end and in their […]
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Sturgill Simpson Crosses Over into Rock and Soul Set

October 12, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0
JUDAS!  Rolling Stone Country reports: “For those needing more proof of Sturgill Simpson’s growing crossover appeal, they merely had to witness his revved-up performance at Brooklyn’s palatial Kings Theatre – one of several stops along the […]
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Exclusive Listen: Arborist “Dark Stream”

October 12, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0
“Dark Stream” is the new single from Northern Ireland’s Arborist which we’ve got an exclusive stream for you to listen to here at UK. Beginning with a stark, quasi-funeral horn it launches in to a haunting […]

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

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Tracks

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

May 29, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this sweltering week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Drew Danburry’s Icarus Phoenix outfit which he describes as “an upbeat fiendishly danceable song about […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026

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When Kiefer Sutherland strode onto the stage at Norwich’s Adrian Flux Waterfront, the response from the packed crowd was immediate and thunderous. There was no slow build into the evening: Sutherland and his outstanding band launched […]
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Jim Keller releases first ever European vinyl retrospective called “Vinylly!”

May 29, 2026 0
You see what he did there? Multi-talented singer, songwriter, and musician Jim Keller is to release Vinylly!, a collection of 14 of his finest songs from the last 15 years, and his first-ever European vinyl release. […]

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  • Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026
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Interviews

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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Tracks

Track Premiere: J M Stevens “Further I Run”

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JM Stevens is best known for his band Moonlight Towers, which, over a period of fifteen years cut four albums and played relentlessly on the Americana circuit.  As time passed and life intervened the touring reduced, […]
Tracks

Dusty Wright “When Our Hearts Sing” – all will be fine, but…

June 23, 2022 0
On the fourth single from his new album ‘Lonelyville‘ Dusty Wright can be found singing optimistic lyrics to a funereal paced downbeat accompaniment – “we can conquer anything” he claims “if we listen to our hearts […]
Album Reviews

Michael Brinkworth “Wasted Wonder”

June 7, 2021 0
Pure Americana – made in Berlin by an Australian! ‘Wicked Wonder’ is Michael Brinkworth’s second album, following on from 2017’s ‘Somewhere To Run From’. It’s pure Americana featuring acoustic guitars, pedal steel, piano and harmonica – […]

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