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Album Reviews

Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts “Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads From Nova Scotia”

April 25, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Traditional transatlantic folk songs spring to life on this splendid collection of bloody tales. Drag city isn’t a label you’d immediately associate with traditional Scottish folk songs but when Alasdair Roberts pressed a demo of his […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Jerry Leger @ Sounds In The Suburbs, Partickhill Bowling Club Glasgow – 13th April 2025

April 23, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Canada’s Jerry Leger is a fine example of an artist who has built his reputation here in the UK with regular touring, either solo or with his band The Situation. Tonight was the fourth time your […]
News

AUK adds @Bluesky to our social media presence

April 16, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Back in August of last year AUK chose to leave X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter. You can probably guess the reasons why but, if not, read our decision here. We remain on Instagram […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Ramblin’ Roots Revue, University of Bucks, 4th–6th April 2025 – Photo Feature

April 16, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Following on from Oliver Gray’s review of the Ramblin’ Roots Revue, AUK is happy to add this brief selection of photographs taken at the event by Paul Bevan. Featuring stage shots and some candid backstage photos […]
Columns

AUK Short Cuts: Nero Simon and The Sunsetters, Jamie Bernstein, Sam Bergquist, Delta Stardust, Madison Hughes, Mirrored Daughters and some Bees And Honey

April 11, 2025 Paul Kerr 1
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites […]

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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Preview: Joe Martin to release new record and play spring and autumn UK tours

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

March 27, 2026 7
We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

March 27, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]
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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

March 27, 2026 0
Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

  • Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!
  • Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”
  • Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May
  • Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”
  • Preview: Joe Martin to release new record and play spring and autumn UK tours
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Interviews

Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Sierra Ferrell “Long Time Coming”

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Sierra Ferrell has been a long time coming for Nashville. Describing herself as a “Gypsy tornado”, West Virginia born singer-songwriter has collaborated with a team of some of the best guest musicians to bring out Nashville’s best […]
Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: John Steinbeck “Travels with Charley”

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Fact, fiction – or an entertaining mix of the two? In my personal reading and that related to the Paperback Rider articles one book has cropped up a number of times as something of a touchstone […]
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Album Reviews

Them Coulee Boys “No Fun in the Chrysalis”

March 7, 2025 0
The wait is over. All Them Coulee Boys’ tomorrows are today in this up-close and personable album. Eau Claire Wisconsin’s Them Coulee Boys can’t seem to stop writing songs about change, pulled into its ebbs and […]

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