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Jeremie Albino “Our Time In The Sun”

October 23, 2024 Peter Churchill 0

Fourth album from the soulful Canadian brings a touch of nostalgia to proceedings. Jeremie Albino first discovered his love of performing when busking as teenager in his native Toronto. All it took was for one or […]

Artwork for Donald Beaman album "Fog On Mirror Glass"

Donald Beaman “Fog on Mirror Glass”

October 23, 2024 Gordon Mackay 0

A unique, atmospheric album from California’s Donald Beaman. Californian Donald Beaman returns with his fifth album ‘Fog On Mirror Glass’. In this release, we are treated to a low-key, understated – almost drifting – set of […]

Matt Ward “The Long Way Home”

October 22, 2024 Michael Macy 0

New release puts country vibe into Australian Americana and heart into the ‘down under’ heartland. Matt Ward’s ‘The Long Way Home’ is his third album and to riff on that old adage, the third time is […]

Kevin Gordon “The In Between”

October 22, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

“Just a dude pushing through to the end of the in-between”. A sexagenarian dude no less, nobody can argue that Kevin Gordon is anything but tenacious. For the best part of thirty years Gordon has put […]

Jett Holden “The Phoenix”

October 22, 2024 Guy Lincoln 0

First release on Black Opry Records resurrects Holden’s ‘Southern Gothic country’ The title of Jett Holden’s debut album is ‘The Phoenix’, a strikingly appropriate metaphor for the place at which he currently finds himself in his […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]