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Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Hunter and the Dog Star”

March 16, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

A very solid, lively return from the shadows for Edie Brickell. It was Edie Brickell’s 55th birthday recently, so ‘Hunter And The Dog,’ her latest release with the New Bohemians, comes in quite timely. After a […]

Felix Saunders “I Guess This is Progress”

March 15, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

Felix Saunders’ debut EP is an unmissable highland mountain. Felix Saunders is a Scottish singer-songwriter who has exploded onto the scene like an exhalation of smoke into the wet highland air. The EP description is two […]

Gabriel Minnikin “Sweet Nothings”

March 12, 2021 Peter Churchill 0

Layers of sound produce a big, bold and sometimes beautiful thing. Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Minnikin has, for his fifth release, created a big sound. Minnikin has surrounded himself with, deep breath, four band members, […]

Lizzie Reid “Cubicle”

March 12, 2021 Mark Johnson 0

Fragile beauty in development. Seven tracks in an EP? One more and this collection could get away with being called a debut album, and what a cracking debut, full of fragile beauty and delicate heartbreak. Lizzie […]

artwork for Adam Douglas album "Broken Angels"

Adam Douglas “Better Angels”

March 11, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 0

Stretching the boundaries of Americana. This third full-length solo album from Adam Douglas stretches even Americana’s pliable genre boundaries. Wrapped in a big band sound ‘Better Angels’ takes in classic soul, blues, rock, R&B, jazz and […]

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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 […]

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “Hunter and the Dog Star”

Felix Saunders “I Guess This is Progress”

Gabriel Minnikin “Sweet Nothings”

Lizzie Reid “Cubicle”

Adam Douglas “Better Angels”

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

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 230 “Travel – a necessary luxury”