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More People Really Should Know About: Jonathan Peyton

April 30, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 2

Jonathan Peyton hails from Woodstock, Georgia. At the age of 16, he borrowed an Epiphone Les Paul guitar and tried to learn ‘Stairway to Heaven’, playing his first show aged 20. The church played a big […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hannah Kaminer

April 22, 2025 Andrew Raw 0

Hannah Kaminer first came to my attention with her wonderful “Heavy on the Vine” album which I reviewed for AUK and was one of my favourites of 2024. She is in fact my favourite female solo […]

More People Should Really Know About: Seth Walker

April 15, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

No less an authority than Delbert McClinton, who Rolling Stone once called “The Godfather of Americana Music”, remarked of Seth Walker: “The first time I heard Seth Walker at a small club in Nashville I was […]

More People Really Should Know About: Bob Martin

April 8, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 2

Typically the purpose of this feature is to draw attention to an emerging artist. However, candidates also deserving of greater recognition are artists from long ago or who are no longer with us. Bob Martin is […]

More People Really Should Know About – Matthew Barber

April 1, 2025 Paul Russell 2

Consistently solid writing and performing from Canadian troubadour. It’s inevitable that a musician’s previous life, before they enter this new creative world, will impinge on their songwriting and general ethos. But Toronto-based Barber feels that this […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The The - Hanky Panky (vinyl)
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The Chicks - Taking the Long Way (local streaming)
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Far From Saints - Far From Saints (vinyl)
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Ryan Adams - The Suicide Handbook (vinyl)
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Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch (vinyl)
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RE: There's no future in nostalgia
Stonehenge was a fucking mess every time but it was a b...
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Great shout John I’m new here -Gil Scott Heron wh...
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Neil Young - Citizen Kane Jr
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Clarence White would have been 82 today. A little remin...
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Essentials: The top 10 Essential Americana Live Albums

June 25, 2026 1

We experience music typically either at a show or on record. The live album is the device by which artists and labels attempt to bridge the two. The types of live album vary. There are shows […]

artwork for Dallas Good, Richard Reed Parry album "were The Watchtowers"

Dallas Good, Richard Reed Parry “Were “The Watchtowers””

June 25, 2026 2

A poignant final act from Dallas Good in collaboration with Richard Reed Parry, leaving us with a melancholic album, beautiful, sad and thought-provoking. There’s something quietly arresting about this new record by Dallas Good and Richard […]

Preview: Everywhere At Once festival at 400+ grass roots venues this weekend

June 25, 2026 0

More than 2,000 artists performing across 400+ grassroots venues nationwide, spanning indie, folk, country/ americana, dance, pop, rock, grime, electronic, jazz, folk, punk, soul and more. The event is sponsored by the Music Venue Trust and […]

Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1

As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]

Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0

In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

Album Reviews

Andrew Maxwell Morris “Andrew Maxwell Morris”

November 18, 2022 0

Evocative and reflective album from Australian-born, Surrey-based singer-songwriter Andrew Maxwell Morris. Even when backed by talented musicians on pedal steel (‘Chasing Time’) and saxophone (Alexander Bone on ‘I Will Go There,’ ‘Only Disappearing’) the undeniable focus […]

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AUK Chain Gang: Rodney Crowell – “Bluebird Wine”

March 13, 2023 2

Rick Bayles sent us off down a new rabbit hole last week with The Country Soul Revue. The Larry Jon Wilson song he featured set me thinking about the film ‘Heartworn Highways’ which featured Wilson. The […]

Album Reviews

Charlie Kaplan “Sunday” (Independent, 2020)

November 16, 2020 0

Charlie Kaplan is a New York based singer-songwriter and Sunday is his debut album written in the wake of his father’s death it represents an exorcism of sorts. “Each song [on Sunday] was an exercise in conjuring […]