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Live Review: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls + Lucy Grubb + Amigo The Devil, UEA, Norwich – 12th April 2025

April 23, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1
Few acts can command the fervent live following that Frank Turner can.  With a relentless touring schedule that recently saw Turner celebrate his 3,000th solo gig, he has steadily grown a huge and passionate fan-base, many […]
Stephanie Lambring live at The Lounge, The Crescent Hotel, Scarborough - 10th April 2025
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Live Review: Stephanie Lambring, The Lounge, The Crescent Hotel, Scarborough – 10th April 2025

April 22, 2025 Graeme Tait 2
Tonight’s concert provided me with a couple of personal firsts, starting with the two-and-a-half-hour journey north from my hometown of Lincoln, which brought me, for the first time, to the historic seaside town of Scarborough. Situated […]
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Live Review: Brown Horse @The Blue Heart Festival, Alkmaar, NL – 11th April 2025

April 16, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 2
Following the album release of ‘All The Right Weaknesses’ on April 5th Brown Horse took to Holland for three shows before a planned return to the UK for a series of dates supporting the album release. […]
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Live Review: Ramblin’ Roots Revue, University of Bucks, 4th–6th April 2025 – Photo Feature

April 16, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Following on from Oliver Gray’s review of the Ramblin’ Roots Revue, AUK is happy to add this brief selection of photographs taken at the event by Paul Bevan. Featuring stage shots and some candid backstage photos […]
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Live Review: Ramblin’ Roots Revue, University of Bucks, 4th–6th April 2025

April 15, 2025 Oliver Gray 5
Established 2017 says the logo, and the Ramblin’ Roots Revue, despite rather oddly sharing a name with an entirely unconnected festival in the Netherlands, offers a convivial opportunity for a mass gathering of the UK Americana […]

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Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets

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Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”

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Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!

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Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more comes to Liverpool in November – here’s how you can get your tickets

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Last week we announced details of Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House later this year on Saturday November […]
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Something for the long weekend: Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt “I Played the Fool”

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Well that’s it from us for this week as we head into the long weekend. If you’re an AUK supporter your playlist will still be with you for 5pm tomorrow and don’t forget tickets for our […]
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Our new supporters playlist comes out tomorrow – win a pair of tickets for the Folk by the Oak Festival!

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If you’re not subscribing to our monthly supporters newsletter you’ll be missing out on our exclusive supporters playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month which this month includes new tracks by […]

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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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Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”

April 1, 2026 0
Few artists write with the kind of raw honesty and emotional depth that Foy Vance brings to his music. Across a career that has steadily unfolded over the last two decades, Vance has crafted songs that […]
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Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

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When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]

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Back in April we published ’10 cool songs about Jesus’ and it proved to be immensely popular. So, in the spirit of our well-renowned adherence to,  ahem … the principles of balance and impartiality – or […]
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Willie Breeding ft. Caitlin Rose “Prague Spring” – Listen

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Kentucky based newcomer Willie Breeding will release his debut album ‘Big Sky’ early next year, with the first single to be taken from it Prague Spring featuring a guest vocal from Caitlin Rose.  Detailing the story behind the song […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Bob Sumner

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“Some Place to Rest Easy” is the title of the second solo album released by Bob Sumner since he and his brother Brian came to an agreement that hoofing it down different musical pathways would be […]

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