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Still searching for the Holy Grail, a 10/10 album, so keep sending them in.
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Peter Bruntnell “Houdini and The Sucker Punch”

October 17, 2024 Paul Kerr 4

Peter Bruntnell  returns to the fray with an album which ranks amongst his best. Peter Bruntnell’s latest album finds him returning to a full band lineup after his foray into a more introspective landscape on “Journey […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Glasgow Americana Festival, Various venues, Glasgow, 2nd-6th October 2024

October 15, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

One last fling as ever before the clocks fall back, heralding the coming of winter, Glasgow Americana Festival remains a beacon of light before the nights draw in. Now in its 18th year, the festival took […]

Columns

AUK Shortcuts: Elana Brody, Hadnot Creek, March To August, Jeffery Straker, Suthering and Grapes Of Grain

October 11, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

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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Sid Griffin “The Journey From Grape To Raisin”

October 4, 2024 Paul Kerr 1

Winner of an AMAUK International Trailblazer award for his many ventures, Sid Griffin goes solo on an album that reflects on life, death, and all points between. While Sid Griffin can never be separated from the […]

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AUK’s Back Pages No. 8

October 4, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

Well, happy new year to all as we head into the first quarter of 2007. The website’s architecture remains the same but the monthly discs get a new cover which will adorn all of the year’s […]

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Artwork for Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz' album Circle & Square

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  • Live Review: Lucinda Williams + Ben De La Cour, The Barbican, London – 3rd February 2026
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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

Interviews

Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

Interviews

Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

February 3, 2026 0

When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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From Long Beach, Southern California, Manuel the Band bring their own unique mashup of Americana meets jam-band meets pop-smarts. Well, this is something different. Ahead of their debut album, ‘Things That Can’t Be Seen‘, Manuel the […]

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More People Should Really Know About: The Often Herd

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne has many claims to fame, not least of all its contribution to the world of music which includes the UK’s first guitar hero Hank Marvin and his fellow Shadow Bruce Welch, the Animals, Lindisfarne, Sting, […]

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Video Premiere: Mark Joseph “Sad Mississippi Blues” Feat. Stanley Behrens

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Check out this absorbing live Acoustic performance from Mark Joseph.  Filmed by Ethan Burmeister in Mt. Moriah Cemetery as the sun filtered through the tall tree canopies above, ‘Sad Mississippi Blues’ is an atmospheric piece that […]

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