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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without it: Sam Outlaw

January 15, 2025 Andy Davidson 3
“I Wish that I could hold my mama/ Just once before she leaves/ But I can’t/ No I can’t…” Sam Outlaw will always hold a special place in my heart. I’ve played and waited for those […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Other Brother Daryl

January 13, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
It’s probably the same anywhere in the world. Even though, your first exposure to popular music most likely came from the radio, you come to love local music, the bands and the clubs. Being born and […]
Features

The Song Remains: Austin de Lone (1946-2025)

January 13, 2025 Martin Johnson 3
An originator of pub rock and Mill Valley music legend. While it may not have made headlines in the mainstream media, the passing of Austin de Lone on January 6th saw an outbreak of genuine sadness […]
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AUK Back Pages No. 11

January 10, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Well, Happy New Year to all here in 2025 as we delve into the then new year of 2008 with our latest peek into the AUK archives. As ever there’s a new cover design for the […]
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Essentials: The Top Ten 10,000 Maniacs Songs

January 9, 2025 Andy Short 9
The 10,000 Maniacs from Jamestown, New York, formed in 1981. They have a catalogue of alternative indie American rock, and with the band still on the back burner, there is possibly more to come. The Maniacs […]

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Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

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Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

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Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

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Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking

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Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”

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Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

July 17, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from alt-country heroes/pioneers/stalwarts/choose your own noun Son Volt whose latest album Sound Signal Serenades was physically released on […]
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Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

July 17, 2026 0
A strong third album from the rootsy Canadian “Appalachian” artist from New Orleans showing raw emotion and a degree of post-breakup positivity. As you listen to each song on Bella White’s new studio album you feel […]
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Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

July 17, 2026 0
Jawdropped, a four-piece from Los Angeles, have announced their debut album, Secret To Spare, due 18th September via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band has also released the first single, Split Lip, along with a video […]

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  • Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”
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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

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Born in Australia, before moving to the UK at 12, Jamie Doe began performing as The Magic Lantern while studying philosophy in Bristol alongside friends like This Is The Kit. Now based in London he has […]
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Book Review: Tim Newby “Bluegrass in Baltimore: The Hard Driving Sound & Its Legacy”

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This is the “new” book from Americana-UK’s very own Tim Newby. Those of you who read Tim’s regular column, ‘Americana Roots’ will already know he’s something of an authority on America’s bluegrass scene. In fact, Tim […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 243 “A game of two halves”

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Yesterday I spent five hours negotiating queues as I transported punters to the practice day of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. It was hot and dull and made doubly difficult by the entitled behaviour of […]

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