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Steve Grozier “Take My Leave” (Batcat Records, 2016)

October 19, 2016 Jonathan Aird 0
Steve Grozier has had the four songs which make up the Take My Leave EP knocking around unrecorded for more than a decade. Not stuffed, half forgotten, in a draw like some embarrassing half finished first […]
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Wovenhand “Star Treatment” (Glitterhouse, 2016)

October 18, 2016 David Cowling 0
It’s to his credit that David Eugene Edwards has chosen to make his most difficult record for some while. It is midway through the third track, ‘The Hired Hand’ before the unremitting weight is leavened and […]
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Mandolin Orange “Blindfaller” (Yep Roc, 2016)

October 18, 2016 Jeremy Searle 0
The fifth album from this American duo is, and there is no other word for it, lovely.  They’ve added a band this time out but it’s their playing and singing that dominates, as it should.  There […]
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The Shondes “Brighton” (Exotic Fever Records 2016)

October 17, 2016 Michael Farley 0
This is the fifth full length album from this four piece Brooklyn based band the core of which is formed around best friends Louisa Rachel Solomon and Elijah Oberman. Having been in existence since 2006 they […]
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Tim Easton ” American Fork” (At The Helm Records, 2016)

October 17, 2016 Keith Hargreaves 0
American Fork is the latest from serial Americanarer Tim Easton and it ticks several boxes associated with the genre but somehow the sum of the parts seems to equal less than the individual components. Take track 3 […]

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Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”

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Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!

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Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets

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Last week we announced details of Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House later this year on Saturday November […]
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Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”

April 2, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week as we head into the long weekend. If you’re an AUK supporter your playlist will still be with you for 5pm tomorrow and don’t forget tickets for our […]
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Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!

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If you’re not subscribing to our monthly supporters newsletter you’ll be missing out on our exclusive supporters playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month which this month includes new tracks by […]

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  • Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”
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  • Essentials: The Top 10 Railroad Earth Songs
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]
Interviews

Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”

April 1, 2026 0
Few artists write with the kind of raw honesty and emotional depth that Foy Vance brings to his music. Across a career that has steadily unfolded over the last two decades, Vance has crafted songs that […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0
When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]

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Live Review: The Rye Sisters, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 23rd March 2025

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This evening’s show saw your reviewer return to the Newbald Village Hall for the second of this year’s early evening concert event, which, despite the start time of 4.30 pm being well advertised, still managed to […]
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NUTANA “You Belong” – fitting right in

March 7, 2023 0
NUTANA is the new solo project of Sam Corbett, who is also the drummer in The Sheepdogs.  There’s a debut album coming on April 7th, but ‘You Belong‘ is the early taster single. It is, Corbett […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake”

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These days, Sheryl Crow lives in Nashville, which makes perfect sense for an act whose music was always country-inflected. Nobody called her americana when she emerged in the 1990s at the vanguard of Women In Rock, […]

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