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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Teenage Fanclub

October 1, 2025 Andrew Raw 0
Teenage Fanclub were formed in Glasgow in 1989 by guitarists Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley, drummer Francis Macdonald and bassist Gerard Love. Blake, McGinlay and Macdonald had all initially been in the same band, the Boy […]
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My View: AI for art’s sake

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When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything. ~ The Sound of Music  The electronic music synthesiser provides a powerful tool for the composer or musician because he can reproduce or create […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Darragh O’Dea

September 30, 2025 Dean Nardi 1
The first exposure to Irish songwriter Darragh O’Dea was coming upon his debut in 2018, titled “The Mary Robinson EP.” The burning question was, who is Mary Robinson, and why did O’Dea name his record (and […]
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More People Should Really Know About: The Travelin’ McCourys

September 30, 2025 Martin Johnson 2
Time and history have seen Del McCoury become the elder statesman of bluegrass, a music he has preserved and developed through his long career. He is such a pivotal figure in bluegrass because he has effortlessly […]
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The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Dom Traetto

September 29, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
Welcome to the fourth year of Twang Factor, where Americana UK sets out to find the best new and emerging americana acts. Got talent? This is the place to show us what you’ve got. Our first […]

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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

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If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]
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Anniversary Cheers: Don Williams “Epilogue – The Cellar Tapes”

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Recordings from more than 40 years ago are unearthed by country music icon’s son, cleaned up and remastered. Well, I do hope AUK readers will forgive this foray into mainstream country music, but we are honouring […]
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Jobi Riccio “Face the Feeling”

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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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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

May 27, 2026 0
If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]
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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

May 20, 2026 0
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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With the feel of a 1960’s coffee shop music parlour, the Green Note in Camden is surely one of the shining jewels in London’s musical crown. Priding itself on the intimacy between artiste and audience and […]
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The spirit of Guy Clark lives on in the latest release from Austin-based Terry Klein. ‘Good Luck, Take Care‘ is the third album release from Austin-based singer-songwriter Terry Klein. A lockdown project, Klein has described his […]
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Live Review: Jolie Holland + Annie Dressner, Neon 194, London – 18th September 2025

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A show from Jolie Holland is always a cause for celebration as the much-travelled multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter comes towards the end of the UK leg of her tour with dates in Ireland to follow. The venue […]

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