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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Edwina Hayes

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Born in Dublin, Edwina Hayes grew up in Preston, Lancashire before moving to the East coast of Yorkshire. Hayes now divides her time between the UK and Nashville, where she is a much-loved songwriter and artist.  […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Bob Dylan “Only a Pawn In Their Game”

June 5, 2020 Paul Villers 1
The pejorative term ‘Fascist’ has been bandied about a lot recently particularly in the direction of certain people and their governments. This week we thought we’d take a little look at what the word means. Historically […]
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Forgotten Artists – Lynn Miles

June 5, 2020 Rick Bayles 2
I’m always quite taken aback by the number of Americana fans I meet who’ve never heard of Lynn Miles – an Award-winning singer/songwriter with some fifteen solo albums across a recording career that spans over 30 […]
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AUK’s top 10 Americana albums ever: Rick Bayles

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At AUK we are on a quest to find the ‘Top 10 Americana Albums Ever’. Over the coming weeks and months each AUK writer will in turn, present their own personal selections. When each writer has […]
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Songs for the apocalypse: Bernard Fanning “Songbird”

June 4, 2020 Mark Whitfield 1
16 years ago I returned to Sydney for a holiday, a place where I lived as a child for a short time, and was dismayed to find that all the artists I loved first time around […]

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Natalie Jane Hill “Hopeful Woman”

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Things can be simple, and things can be hard as the singer pulls at the heartstrings. Natalie Jane Hill’s Hopeful Woman is her third album, with a five- to six-year gap between this one and Solely […]
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Honey and The Bear “A Wish & A Tide”

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Combining personal songs with others rooted in their home brings an engaging and entertaining album. Spread around the country, there are a surprising number of couples quietly working on music, playing gigs within easy reach of […]
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Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck “My Epitaph” – remember me this way

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The Fiddle And The Drum is the new collaborative album from Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck, and My Epitaph is the latest single from it. Originally written and recorded by Appalachian folk artist Ola Belle Reed, […]

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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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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0
At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 John Paul White Songs

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Video: Kate Hudson “Live Forever”

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Better known as an acclaimed, Oscar-nominated actor, Kate Hudson also possesses an outstanding voice as showcased in recent single ‘Live Forever’.  Based around an engaging, fluent melody, Hudson’s vocal is smooth and warm with a touch […]
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AmericanaFest UK 2019 Conference Showcase preview – part two

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The AMAUK conference is now into its fourth year and one of the highlights is the two nights of showcases which take place before the awards ceremony featuring the best of americana talent, both homegrown and […]

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