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[ July 28, 2026 ] Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories Interviews
[ July 28, 2026 ] The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family” Album Reviews
[ July 28, 2026 ] More People Really Should Know About: Hayden Features
[ July 28, 2026 ] Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham” Album Reviews
[ July 28, 2026 ] Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates News

Classic Americana Albums: The Louvin Brothers “Satan Is Real” (Capitol Records, 1959)

June 17, 2020 Mark Underwood 2

What is it about an album by a god-fearing, religiously obsessed duo born nearly a century ago that appeals so much to a militant atheist? The answer: it’s all about the harmonies – so good at […]

Forgotten Artists – Kieran Kane

June 17, 2020 Rick Bayles 1

There was a time, in the late ‘90s and early 2000s when Kieran Kane seemed to be Mr. Americana. He released four excellent solo albums over a seven-year period and built a strong following, particularly in […]

AmericanA to Z: Golden Smog

June 16, 2020 Clint West 0

Golden Smog is a loose and occasional association of musicians centring around various members of The Jayhawks, Wilco and Soul Asylum. On occasion they have also been joined by members of The Replacements, Big Star and […]

Ten americana songs of protest

June 16, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

An infamous Mancunian once thought that if you played the acoustic guitar, it meant you were a protest singer. Whilst the playing of that instrument may not earn you the right to musical protestation, the artists […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Danny Schmidt

June 15, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Life in lockdown has been strange and challenging in all sorts of ways. For music lovers and musicians, the absence of live shows has been particularly hard. We have been publishing regular mini-gigs to sustain that […]

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0

“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0

The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0

When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]