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AUK Back Pages No. 17

August 8, 2025 Paul Kerr 1
Happy New Year! A new year and a new cover design for the monthly compilation CDs sent out to Friends of AUK (for a mere pittance in return). Unlike earlier years where the cover art remained […]
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Classic Clips: Paul Simon Performs “The Only Living Boy in New York” at Barnes and Noble, 2008

August 8, 2025 Andy Short 0
Paul Simon has an incredible catalogue of music behind him, going all the way back to the 1950s. As half of the folk duo Simon and Garfunkel, he had great success before going on to record […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Peter Rowan songs

August 7, 2025 Tim Martin 3
Having recently reviewed Peter Rowan’s latest album “Tales of the Free Mexican Air Force“, which is, at least partly, a musing on some of his career high points, I found that I didn’t know that calling […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Owen Temple

August 7, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
Owen Temple is a Kerrville, Texas-born singer-songwriter, troubadour, and storyteller who now calls Austin home, where he records warm and thoughtful albums for the El Paisano label. Whether playing in an acoustic folk style or with […]
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The Song Remains: Terry Reid (1949 – 2025)

August 7, 2025 Rick Bayles 3
One of the great “should’ve beens” of British music, Terry Reid lost a lengthy battle with cancer on August 4th and we lost a huge musical talent. Famously the first choice to front the New Yardbirds, […]

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Something for the weekend: Black Midi “Still”

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Americana favourite delivers the final chapter of his adventurous Sagebrush Trilogy that concludes with the mythological and wide-ranging story of the ‘Outlaw’ Billy MacLane. Readers of Americana UK are likely to be very familiar with the […]
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Tift Merrit announces new album “Sugar”

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Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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Black Deer Video: The Orange Circus Band “Flame in Your Heart”

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It’s day two of our Black Deer week and if ever there was a band made for the British festival summer, it’s The Orange Circus Band.  As if to reinforce those festival credentials, the video for […]
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Video Interview: Loose Cattle’s Michael Cerveris and Kimberley Kaye on “Someone’s Monster”

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Character development and storylines make great americana songs. With a background in the stage and the punk side of the New York music scene, Loose Cattle’s leaders Michael Cerveris and Kimberley Kaye may not have been […]
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Americana UK’s top album of 2022 (and our runner-up)

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Over the last couple of days we have been counting down our top Americana albums of 2022 and we have now reached the top two – two albums which are both worthy contenders for the title […]

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