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Ned Roberts “From The Reels 2012-2020”

February 15, 2021 Peter Churchill 0
Intimate and sparse offering from talented singer-songwriter Ned Roberts has raided his own personal archive for his latest album. Frustrated, like a million artists before him, at having to omit songs from albums because they didn’t […]
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Langhorne Slim “Strawberry Mansion”

February 12, 2021 Paul Kerr 0
An engaging and upbeat lockdown album ranging from folk to gospel to blues. Many folk found that being under lockdown allowed time to develop, be it a new hobby or tackling those classic books that you […]
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Will Overman “The Winemakers Daughter”

February 11, 2021 David Jarman 0
Beautifully crafted lyrics from singer-songwriter with Americana flavours ‘The Winemakers Daughter’ is the debut album from Charlottesville VA singer-songwriter Will Overman, following his 2017 EP release ‘Crossroads’. Its nine tracks are inspired by both the hard […]
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Chris Corney “False Horizon”

February 10, 2021 Clint West 0
Ravines songwriter releases a solo album of pleasing power-pop songs Chris Corney has spent the last fifteen years making music both as a solo performer and with his Cambridgeshire based band The Ravines. ‘False Horizon’ represents […]
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Spencer Burton “Coyote”

February 10, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 0
The powers of nature on the human condition The vast spaces and wilderness of Alberta provided the inspiration for Southern Ontario country folk artist Spencer Burton to make his fifth studio album, ‘Coyote’. Time on the […]

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The Krickets “If You Only Knew”

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Technically excellent but emotionally bereft album from Gulf Coast female trio. Catching up on If You Only Knew, released by all-female trio The Krickets in October 2025, is like being battered with the world’s softest pillow. […]
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I’m back from 3 weeks of glorious touring around the Iberian Peninsula in the van. A total of 2,400 miles as we circled the entire country with a brief excursion into Portugal, and every single mile […]
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Kris Drever “Doing This For Love” – anything, anything

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Kris Drever – known for both his solo work and as part of Lau – returns with his first solo record in six years, and this is the title track from it.  It’s a song about […]

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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, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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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 […]
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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 […]

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Sarah Gillespie “Half Cut” – not all change is good

February 26, 2024 0
It’ll be mere moments after hearing Sarah Gillespie’s vocals on this, the title track from her new album, that you’ll understand why she attracts Tom Waits comparisons – although, you know, Rickie Lee Jones would also […]
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Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of tickets to see Dawn Landes at the Barbican

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Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Nada Surf, Sturgill Simpson, Beachwood Sparks, My Girl the […]
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Suzanne Vega announces 2022 UK dates

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Exactly one year after the release of her live album ‘An Evening of New York Songs and Stories’ Suzanne Vega will begin a tour of the USA, UK and EU. The Grammy Award-winning artist will be […]

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