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Classic Clips: Reckless Kelly “Crazy Eddie’s Last Hurrah” – La Zona Rosa, Austin, Texas, 2006

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Texas Red Dirt country has never been cautious about colouring outside the lines on what constitutes the music of the Lone Star state. Reckless Kelly is a Texas band, though its members numbered only one Texan […]
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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Paul Kerr

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Jeez! You sign up to Americana UK, thinking you’re on the road to hobnobbing with the stars in the VIP area at gigs, and then you’re thrown a curveball. Your top ten americana songs? First off, […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Andrea Van Cleef

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“Greetings from Slaughter Creek” (Rivertale Productions, 2025) is the latest release by Italian roots musician Andrea Van Cleef. The album is a continuation of his fascination with americana music, filtered through his heritage. The live record […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Bruce Springsteen

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Bruce Springsteen is one of those rare artists where his whole body of work maintains such a creative arc that there are many albums within it which could be seen as essential. With five years having […]
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The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Aisha Khan

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The second entrant in Twang Factor 4 is Aisha Khan, who is part of a group called Grace under Fire, a rootin’ tootin’ cowpunk trio from London. Aisha Khan, Matt Radford, and Mal Barclay, veterans of […]

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Colorado singer-songwriter navigates the ‘difficult’ sophomore release with ease. This writer had the pleasure of reviewing Jobi Riccio’s debut album, Whiplash, in 2023 (here), and ended the piece in the hope and expectation that the talent […]
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Graham Parker will release a new live album  Quality Footwear: Live At The Brook via Big Stir Records on 26th June 2026 Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of his recording career, Parker’s vinyl and streaming collection captures […]
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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

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Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

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Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

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Anna Tivel continues her tradition of intimate, dreamy vocals on her new single ‘Bluebird’.  This is the second single from her sixth studio album. The video features performing in silhouette in front of found footage of […]

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