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Bowerbirds “becalmyounglovers”

April 26, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Break up and beyond from North Carolinan troubadour. Written over six years by the Bowerbirds’ main man Phil Moore, this album charts the slow disintegration of a long term relationship and the subsequent reevaluation of life’s […]

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Piers Faccini “Shapes of the Fall”

April 26, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

Well crafted intimate and evocative music. It feels like this reviewer has been living on the edge recently – the edge that is of whatever genre definitions might normally apply. There has been a succession of […]

Visions of Albion “Visions of Albion”

April 23, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0

A cracking debut EP showcasing folky Americana with impassioned vocals and an English slant. Samantha Shields has a superb voice which moves from the fragility of the multi-layered vocal harmonies of the meandering folky ‘Old Time […]

Minor Moon “Tethers”

April 23, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Imaginative, unusual and muddy. A small moon can, of course, be a Deathstar, a thought that surely couldn’t have escaped Sam Cantor who – of course – is the singer, guitarist and songwriter of Minor Moon. […]

StevieRay Latham & The Nomads of Industrial Suburbia “Letters From Suburbia”

April 22, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0

Exploring the dark underbelly of suburbia through gothic alt-folk. This final EP of a trilogy finds StevieRay Latham in experimental and artistic territory, playing with the concepts of the dark, gothic underbelly of suburbia. Opening with […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

May 11, 2026 0

The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

May 11, 2026 0

Nordic americana with a slightly heavier tinge. I’m Kingfisher is the alter ego of Swedish singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson. Give Up Together is his sixth album under that guise and comes three years after his last release, […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

May 11, 2026 0

Igloo Hearts are James and Katie MacGregor, a married folk-pop duo from North Wales. For our next AUK mini-gig, they kindly agreed to share some of their latest songs with our readers and viewers. Since appearing […]

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, […]

Interviews

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 […]

Album Reviews

Julian Taylor “Anthology Vol. 1”

November 22, 2023 0

An overdue career retrospective of revered Canadian singer-songwriter Julian Taylor’s diverse work over the past 25 years. ‘Anthology Vol. 1’ tracks the evolution of Julian Taylor’s sound, from indie rock, soul, and R&B, to country-tinged, folky […]

Album Reviews

S.G. Goodman “Planting by the Signs”

June 2, 2025 0

Meditative third album that dwells on love, faith and nature. Country music was grown in the fields of Appalachia. S.G. Goodman is from Kentucky farmer stock, and she recorded this third album in Alabama. The tempo […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Moon Shine “I Tried to Keep On Loving You”

October 11, 2022 0

Moon Shine (aka Angie Glasscock) is a Brooklyn based singer-songwriter whose debut album ‘The Land in Between‘ will be hitting the streets on November 11th. The name Moon Shine was chosen because, Angie explains, “The Moon […]

Bowerbirds “becalmyounglovers”

Piers Faccini “Shapes of the Fall”

Visions of Albion “Visions of Albion”

Minor Moon “Tethers”

StevieRay Latham & The Nomads of Industrial Suburbia “Letters From Suburbia”

For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

Peter Case “At McCabe’s: My Life to Live”

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”