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artwork for Erin Ash Sullivan album "Signposts and Marks"

Erin Ash Sullivan “Signposts and Marks”

August 20, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

Sophomore release unveils a songwriter of the highest order. Relationships, current and past, provide the overriding theme to the twelve songs assembled on Erin Ash Sullivan’s excellent sophomore album “Signpost and Marks”. Sullivan, a native of […]

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AUK’s EP Round-Up – August 2024

August 19, 2024 Graeme Tait 2

Well it’s August already, so time to checkout some excellent music that spans the spectrum of the Americana genre in our Monthly EP’s Round-Up. For starters we have a tasty offering of stripped back country roots, […]

The Red Clay Strays “Made By These Moments”

August 19, 2024 Paul Russell 0

Powerful second album from widely lauded Alabama-based quartet. Live this band are apparently the real deal – raising a mighty ruckus with their powerful playing and the impact of lead singer Brandon Coleman. Their debut album […]

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Jake Xerxes Fussell “When I’m Called”

August 19, 2024 Chas Lacey 0

Archival folk songs reinterpreted and arranged for a contemporary audience. “When I’m Called” is a collection of songs and shanties played and sung in a modern style by an expert in the field of traditional music. […]

Artwork for American Aquarium album "The Fear of Standing Still"

American Aquarium “The Fear of Standing Still”

August 16, 2024 Adrian Dzialdowski 3

Visceral personal narrative and social comment in folk-rock setting. American Aquarium CDs sit next to those of the Drive by Truckers and Jason Isbell in this reviewer’s collection. Isbell and DBT stalwart Patterson Hood would doubtless […]

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 […]