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Still searching for the Holy Grail, a 10/10 album, so keep sending them in.
Album Reviews

Kate Rusby “Light Years”

December 14, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Kate Rusby offers another Christmas album which actually conveys some of the true spirit of the season Kate Rusby does seem to like Christmas.  ‘Light Years’ is her seventh seasonal album and, like its predecessors, it […]

Reviews

AUK Shortcuts November 2023: David Deacon, Joe Martin, Rite Flyers, Licking The Moose, Dusty Stray, The Heart Collectors, Jonny Morgan, Jordan Nix, Little Jane & The Pistol Whips The Dig 3 and The Liam Ward Band.

November 30, 2023 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 […]

Album Reviews

Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels “The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia March 16th, 1973”

November 28, 2023 Paul Kerr 1

A welcome and rare capture of Gram Parsons, along with Emmylou Harris, live back in 1973. Unearthed 50 years after it was recorded, ‘The Last Roundup’ is a rare live capture of Gram Parsons and his […]

Album Reviews

Jessi Colter “Edge of Forever”

November 21, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Country outlaws, past and present, join forces and come up with a  truly modern country album Lest one forget, Jessi Colter was one of the original “country outlaws” in that she was one of the quartet […]

Album Reviews

John R. Miller “Heat Comes Down”

November 13, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Fine picking, fine listening and great songs. John R. Miller sounds much older than his years on ‘Heat Comes Down’, his second album for Rounder Records. He comes across as the seasoned front porch idler who […]

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

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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 […]

Behind the Songs

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 […]

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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 […]

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Book Review: Beans On Toast “Foolhardy Folk Tales”

August 19, 2021 0

‘Foolhardy Folk Tales’ is a second instalment of tall tales and reminiscences from Jay McAllister, best known under the moniker Beans On Toast. His first book, ‘Drunk Folk Stories’, published in 2018, was eaten up by […]

Dirty Dozens

Dirty Dozen: Kate Ellis

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Kate Ellis is an Americana singer/songwriter born in Louisiana, raised in NYC and now based in London. Kate’s southern country-folk roots and musical heritage comes from her father, who once played guitar with Hank Williams on […]

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Record Store Day – the Americana UK guide to the releases

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It’s that time again where the format fiends get excited about queueing at 5 am (or earlier) to be among the few to own this year’s exclusively released records. Record Store Day started in 2007 and […]

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