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About Tim Martin
Sat in my shed listening to music, and writing about some of it. Occasionally allowed out to attend gigs.
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Help us give your music the best review

August 23, 2024 Tim Martin 0
Some words of advice about submitting music to AUK, or indeed anywhere else… As you can imagine the AUK virtual postbag is always overflowing with emails from artists keen for us to review their new album […]
Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: Iain Dale “The Presidents”

August 9, 2024 Tim Martin 0
With our own general election out of the way, the next big political event will be the US presidential election. The next few months could well reshape America and influence the world’s political landscape for a […]
Album Reviews

Karen Jonas “The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch”

August 9, 2024 Tim Martin 0
Using throwaway tat to make serious points about our world, this is an album of great songs that make you ponder. Karen Jonas means business right from the start of ‘Rich Man’s Valley’ which has a […]
Reviews

Bluegrass Briefs – Kyle O’Brien Band, Mission Hill, Milltown Philosophers, Steve Erickson, Last Hour Bluegrass, Blackwater Railroad Company

August 6, 2024 Tim Martin 0
This time we have a clutch of debut albums and EPs. Sometimes the music we have submitted for this column stretches the definition of Bluegrass, but this time we have mostly quite straight-ahead records, with only […]
Features

Americana On Air – Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2024!

August 5, 2024 Tim Martin 2
Back in 2020 we shared the top 10 Americana internet radio shows and podcasts. Since then, podcasting has exploded into a phenomenon that is eating away at the listenership for traditional linear radio. But with internet […]

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Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

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May 8, 2026 0
Artwork for Cut Throat Finches album "High Horse"

Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”

Album Reviews
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Zoh Amba

Zoh Amba to tour Europe and UK in autumn 2026

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Joshua Ray Walker “Ain’t Dead Yet”

Album Reviews
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Cover art for Tom Piazza book "Living In The Present With John Prine"

Book Review: Tom Piazza “Living In The Present With John Prine”

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Tracks

Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

May 8, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop outfit who have announced details of their new album Punching The Clown which […]
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Album Reviews

Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”

May 8, 2026 0
The first great, breezy, summer “pop” record is here, from a self-described “Americanish” band with an old-country soul. Much like their previous efforts, High Horse, by Cowtown’s Cut Throat Finches, defies easy categorisation. Is it a […]
Zoh Amba
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Zoh Amba to tour Europe and UK in autumn 2026

May 8, 2026 0
Zoh Amba, who previously announced their Matador debut album, Eyes Full, which is out on 5th June 2026, has shared details of a run of UK and European tour dates. The European leg kicks off on […]

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  • Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”
  • Zoh Amba to tour Europe and UK in autumn 2026
  • Joshua Ray Walker “Ain’t Dead Yet”
  • Book Review: Tom Piazza “Living In The Present With John Prine”
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Interviews

Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
Interviews

Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Anniversary Cheers: Devendra Banhart’s breakout album “Cripple Crow” celebrates 20 years

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A 20-year reissue of Devendra Banhart’s “Cripple Crow” adds little to the original release. 20 years on from its initial release, Devendra Banhart’s “Cripple Crow” gets an expanded update, the original 22 songs augmented by an […]
Album Reviews

Elvis Perkins “Creation Myths” (MIR/Petulama Records,2020)

October 27, 2020 1
Full disclosure. This reviewer was quite enamoured of Elvis Perkins’ first two albums, ‘Ash Wednesday’ and the more emphatic ‘Elvis Perkins In Dearland’, at the tail end of the aughties, finding him to be a literate […]
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Mo Kenney “The Details” (Pheremone Records, 2017)

September 15, 2017 0
“The Details” is the fascinating third album from multi award winning Canadian singer-songwriter Mo Kenney. Kenney was discovered by noted Canadian rocker, Joel Plaskett, while she was still at school and released her debut eponymous album […]

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