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The Hollering Pines “Here’s to Hoping”

May 8, 2024 Peter Thompson 2
Salt Lake City-based band’s fourth album sounds deeply personal from a lyrical perspective; it’s their best yet. The Hollering Pines, hailing from Salt Lake City, take their name from a reference in a Gillian Welch lyric; […]
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Ben Glover “And The Sun Breaks Through The Sky”

May 7, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Northern Irish Nashville-based Ben Glover’s fine collection of songs. Ben Glover is as well-known as a songwriter as a performer, having written or co-written for a host of acts including Gretchen Peters, Mary Gauthier and Kim […]
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Luther Black And The Cold Hard Facts “Let The Light Back In”

May 7, 2024 Rick Thorn 0
Perceptive observations from a seasoned traveller. Luther Black is the alter ego of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Rick Wagner. ‘Let in The Light’ is the ensemble’s third release. Interestingly he chooses to open it with a cover […]
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Peter Deaves “Ceol Agus Grá”

May 7, 2024 Andy Davidson 2
A capable songwriter and musician courting praise from many quarters. Peter Deaves has swapped Liverpool for a more bohemian lifestyle in Fontainebleau. The years in Paris have been spent organising and performing at live music events. […]
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The Avett Brothers “The Avett Brothers”

May 3, 2024 Peter Churchill 1
Another high-class and polished album from Americana favourites. A couple of months ago and, to no little excitement on this site, The Avett Brothers pre-empted their first new album in five years with the release of […]

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Rodney Crowell “Then Again”

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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Music Festival

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Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 243 “A game of two halves”

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Lisa Bouchelle “A Light To Come Home To” – feat. Amanda Shires & Larry Campbell

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Album cover artwork for Rodney Crowell "Then Again"
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Rodney Crowell “Then Again”

July 6, 2026 0
Forgotten recordings from 20 years ago, which will delight Crowell fans. Then Again was recorded in 2006 with the same band as on Rodney Crowell’s previous three albums, The Houston Kid (2001), Fate’s Right Hand (2003) […]
Interviews

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Music Festival

July 6, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026

July 6, 2026 0
Midway through the European leg of her Heavy Petal tour, Sierra Ferrell and touring company found themselves at the Docks venue in Hamburg, right in the heart of the Reeperbahn. Originally the gig had been located […]

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  • Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Music Festival
  • Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 243 “A game of two halves”
  • Lisa Bouchelle “A Light To Come Home To” – feat. Amanda Shires & Larry Campbell
  • Video Premiere: Visions Of Albion “In The Past”
  • Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”
  • Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026
  • Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Music Festival

July 6, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]
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Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0
In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]

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Track Premiere: Michelle Billingsley “Gaslighting”

April 28, 2020 0
After years of singing Michelle Billingsley found that she had something to say.  It was, she recalls, an epiphany that came direct from frustration “I remember walking down the street because the CTA rush hour buses […]
Videos

Video: Jack Broadbent “Midnight Radio”

February 25, 2022 0
The new single from Jack Broadbent is a fabulously grooving, bluesy song that makes you want to move.  As a young musician, Broadbent started out playing the drums and that feel for rhythm certainly informs his […]
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Susto “& I’m Fine Today” (Rootsy Nu, 2017)

December 12, 2017 0
Charleston, South Carolina-based Susto embrace numerous genres as their music and lyrics dive headlong into the mind of the listener, their new album “I’m Fine Today” following their 2014 self-titled debut. Possessing an addictive draw, the […]

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