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Fancy joining our news team?

March 24, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

We are looking for someone who can write well to join our team to work with our News Editor to publish relevant americana stories to our audience. Everyone who contributes to AUK does it in their […]

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Amanda Shires announces 2023 UK dates

March 23, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Having recently performed at the C2C Country2Country Festival in London, singer-songwriter/violinist Amanda Shires has announced a UK/European tour in June. The tour will also include performances at Black Deer Festival and Azkena Rock in Spain. You […]

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Calexico announce “Feast of Wire” Reissue and UK dates

March 22, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Calexico first released their beloved ‘Feast of Wire‘ album 20 years ago and, to celebrate the anniversary, the band have announced a special deluxe reissue of the record due May 26th via City Slang. ‘Feast of […]

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Something for the weekend: Ruston Kelly “Michael Keaton”

March 17, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week dearest of readers and we leave you with yet another track from the forthcoming new Ruston Kelly album “The Weakness” but honestly this is the biggest earworm of the […]

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Something for the weekend: Townes Van Zandt “Rex’s Blues”

March 10, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

That’s it from us for this week dear reader and we leave you with a song from Townes Van Zandt’s classic album ‘A Far Cry From Dead’ which is getting its first vinyl release next month. […]

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