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Roger Harvey & Simon Flory “Progress”

February 20, 2025 Paul Russell 0
A love letter to the enduring nature of folk music. For Erie native Roger Harvey, punk was his introduction to making music – he loved its ethos and lyrical honesty. As he says “A lot of punk […]
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Richard Davies & The Dissidents “High Times & Misdemeanours”

February 20, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0
Full-on rock n’roll to blow away the cobwebs. Richard Davies may have been part of many bands and collaborations over his long musical career but he has never wavered from his trademark rock n’roll. This, his […]
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Ron Pope “American Man, American Music”

February 19, 2025 Cam Fraser 0
Heartland rocker Ron Pope’s new album, ‘American Man, American Music’, lives up to its title. Nashville-based platinum-selling Pope will already be familiar to many of AUK’s readership, having previously been featured over several years, including an […]
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Juanita Stein “The Weightless Hour”

February 19, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Haunted by the past – and looking to a vengeful future. With a fourth solo album it’s probably time to stop routinely mentioning that Juanita Stein fronted Howling Bells –  particularly when considering that the band […]
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AUK’s Monthly EP’s Round-Up – February 2025

February 19, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Okay, so it only seems like yesterday that I was putting together ‘January’s EP’s Round-Up’, and here we are again. And yes, mornings are lighter earlier, evenings are stretching out, and one could almost believe that […]

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Rae Spoon “Assigned Country Singer At Birth”

April 23, 2026 0
Non-binary singer returns to their country roots with intimations of mortality. After a twenty-year spell away from the genre, Canadian Rae Spoon returns to their formative years with Assigned Country Singer At Birth, their thirteenth album. […]
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We hate to be the bearers of more bad news with everything else going on in the world at the moment but another UK festival has fallen by the wayside. This time it’s Red Rooster which […]
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Deer Tick “Everything Born” – goes through changes

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On 5th June, Providence’s Deer Tick will release their ninth studio album, Coin-O-Matic, via ATO. In advance of that comes the customary singles, of which Everything Born is the latest, and it touches on the LP’s underlying […]

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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]

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Video: Ben Brown “Let Go”

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The latest single from Ben Brown is a delightfully tuneful song about escape and the feelings of release and freedom when you move on.  ‘Let Go’ is another lively track that showcases Brown’s warm voice and […]
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Joe Pug “The Flood In Color” (Nation of Heat Records, 2019)

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In what is turning into a vintage year for quiet reflective music we now have Joe Pug’s new album ‘The Flood In Color‘. Don’t be fooled by the sleeve which looks like something from a 1970’s […]
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Something for the weekend: First Aid Kit “Ready to Run”

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Well that’s it for another week dearest of readers. Hope you enjoyed reading your own choices for the best albums of the 21st century yesterday which prove that we are all basically on the same page […]

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