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Interviews

Interview: Rain Parade’s Matt Piucci on their upcoming tour and his thoughts on the Paisley Underground

June 5, 2024 Paul Kerr 1
After a two-man visit last year, Rain Parade are coming back with a full band lineup. Back in 1983, Rain Parade released one of the essential albums to come out of the so-called Paisley Underground scene. […]
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AUK’s Back Pages No 4

June 3, 2024 Paul Kerr 0
We draw to a close to 2005 with the last four Friends Of Americana UK discs, covering September to December (Vol. 2 numbers 9-12). This was the first full year of these CDs and if you […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Jerry Leger & The Situation + Anton O’Donnell – Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 21st May 2024

May 31, 2024 Paul Kerr 2
Back with his full band after a well-regarded solo tour last year, Jerry Leger has used this tour to play his latest album ‘Donlands’ in full, start to finish, on all the dates. It’s a brave […]
Album Reviews

Emily Barker “Fragile As Humans”

May 24, 2024 Paul Kerr 0
Emily Barker returns with an album which encapsulates the human condition with style and empathy. While it’s true that we humans are quite fragile (see Covid) we’re also quite resilient and it’s to that resilience that […]
Book Reviews

Book review: Brian Fairbanks “Willie, Waylon, And The Boys: How Nashville Outsiders Changed Country Music Forever”

May 22, 2024 Paul Kerr 2
On the face of it this book is essentially the story of how four “outsiders” (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson), via their trials and tribulations (and, let’s admit it, success) eventually joined […]

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AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

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It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]
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Album Reviews

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

September 23, 2026 0
Classy vocals from Lisa Bouchelle are front and centre of a fine country soul collection, featuring Amanda Shires, with some unexpected twists. It’s always a pleasure as a reviewer to discover a new top vocalist – […]
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Album Reviews

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

September 23, 2026 0
Californian singer reminds you of the days when country music was country music, and that’s no bad thing. Mac Cornish grew up on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains in northern California, where she […]

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  • Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”
  • Sarah McQuaid takes to the road again in the UK in November
  • Levi Foster “Appalachian Funk Tree”
  • Margo Cilker “Molly & Me” – and the devil’s right hand
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Kaia Kater steps into the limelight with her baroque like folk stylings on a superb third album There’s a sense that Kaia Kater, a Canadian of Grenadian heritage is hitting the zeitgeist on “Strange Medicine”, her […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young “Teach Your Children”

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A relatively short Political Pops this week because whilst we have sort of worked out how this happened we cannot fathom why. So no students sat A-Level exams this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and […]
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Mary Scholz “Begin Again”

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If this is the beginning again, it’s a very good place to start. Philadelphia native Scholz has a big voice and the production that Jonathan Wilson brings to the album wraps that voice in some stunning […]

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