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[ September 30, 2026 ] Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name” Album Reviews
[ September 30, 2026 ] David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind” Album Reviews
[ September 30, 2026 ] Stephanie Sammons “Head Noise” Album Reviews
[ September 30, 2026 ] Folk Tracks Roundup – September 2026 Tracks
[ September 30, 2026 ] Live Review: Tessa Rose Jackson + Chloe Foy, St Pancras Old Church, London – 16th September 2026 Live Reviews

AUK’s Chain Gang: Guy Clark “Texas, 1947”

November 14, 2022 Clint West 0

Last week’s Chain saw Helen Jones take us seamlessly from Biloxi to Houston via the lyrics of Hiss Golden Messenger’s ‘Biloxi’ which references the Texas city that with a population of around 2.4 million is the USA’s […]

The Song Remains: Rab Noakes (1947 – 2022)

November 14, 2022 Paul Kerr 3

A proud Fifer and Trade Unionist and, also, a superb musician. Rab Noakes who died suddenly on Friday, aged 75, was a much loved and hugely admired touchstone of the Scottish music scene with a career […]

Classic Clips: Judy Collins & The Boston Pops “Both Sides Now” Boston Symphony Hall 1976

November 11, 2022 Alan Fitter 0

Judy Collins is probably the best interpreter of songs not written by her in the world of folk and americana. Whilst she has of course written some excellent songs herself such as “My Father”, “Fishermen Song” […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: The Readers’ Results

November 10, 2022 Clint West 4

Firstly thanks to the very many of you that sent in your selections. There were a very wide spread of suggestions put forward with close to 150 albums gaining at least one vote. In the end […]

Cajun Corner – Moon Mullican Tribute Album coming

November 10, 2022 Rick Bayles 1

Musicians pay tribute to the King of the Hillbilly Piano Players. Louisiana Swamp Blues queen, Marcia Ball, said of Moon Mullican “Moon Mullican was the link between the down-home Louisiana music I grew up with and […]

Artwork for Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children's album "My Mother's Name"

Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name”

September 30, 2026 0

Wandering songwriter returns with first album in a decade: lessons in melodic self-definition ensue. “I don’t plan, and I don’t plan to stop”. The opening line to the first and title track of My Mother’s Name […]

Cover art for David Banks album "All The Dreams We Left Behind"

David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind”

September 30, 2026 0

Former Whybirds guitarist and co-writer delivers a sophomore album replete with anthemic songs infused with arena rock. It is now over seven years since David Banks released his debut album, Until The End, which saw the […]

Stephanie Sammons “Head Noise”

September 30, 2026 0

The tricky mid-life album gets bogged down in its own misery. There’s no shortage of material for a songwriter to explore in the complicated middle chapters of life, and Stephanie Sammons’ Head Noise sets out to […]