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Old Crow Medicine Show announce new album “Jubilee”

June 22, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Watch the video for the first single below. Old Crow Medicine Show, or OCMS if you’re in a hurry, have announced the release of their new album ‘Jubilee’ which lands in the UK on 25th August […]

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Taylor Swift announces The Eras Tour UK dates for 2024

June 21, 2023 Mark Whitfield 2

We have featured Taylor Swift around these parts from time to time in recent years due to her original country leanings which morphed for some recent albums into the kind of indie-folk we often kill for […]

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Alabama 3 announce new album “Cold War Classics Vol.2”, UK dates

June 19, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Alabama 3, the legendary band from Brixton, South London are back with a brand-new track from their forthcoming 14th studio album ‘Cold War Classics Vol.2′ which is the follow-up to their 2021 album ‘Step 13’. ‘Thank […]

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Video: The Attention Seekers “Blue, Red and Green”

June 19, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

‘Blue Red and Green’ is the new single from North East band The Attention Seekers who we covered last year here on AUK in rather glowing terms, produced by Alan Fish, engineered by Tony Davis, and […]

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Something for the weekend: Southbound Attic Band @Folk On The Farm 2015

June 16, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it for another week from us dear reader – AUK is down at Black Deer so if you are down there and see one of us (not me sadly!) with a press pass on […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

February 17, 2026 0

Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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

February 12, 2026 2

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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Classic Clip: John Paul White and The Secret Sisters “In My Room” – National Sawdust, Brooklyn, 2016

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Is there a more beautiful and emotional male voice in the world of Americana than John Paul White’s? Combine it with The Secret Sisters on the Beach Boys’ ‘In My Room’, and you have a truly […]

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Album Reviews

Eli Winter “Eli Winter”

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Over great reliance on experimentation makes for a mostly unhappy blend of instrumental tracks despite Winter’s capable contributions on guitar. Eli Winter is a Chicago-based composer and guitarist, and this six-track album brings him together with […]

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Pick of the Political Pops: Shammer “Never Tears Before a Goodbye”

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This week were overjoyed that Lockdown Mk II will soon be at an end (although as lockdowns go it was a poor relation to Lockdown Mk I – indeed other than the fact that you couldn’t […]

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