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Bob Dylan 1974 live triple LP set with extras to be released on Third Man Records

July 12, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

By now most AUK readers will have heard of the Columbia/ Legacy release of a 27 CD set of the shows from Bob Dylan’s 1974 tour with The Band which gave rise to the “Before The […]

Something for the weekend: The Grascals “Pull the Trigger”

July 5, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Well there was something for all of us last night I think, unless you’re a Tory in which case hey-ho, you win some… Anyway, that’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you’re one […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of tickets to see Fanny Lumsden on tour

July 5, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by The Decemberists, Jason McNiff, Seasick Steve, Ana Egge and […]

Ernst Aines and Camille Trail announce UK and Ireland summer tour dates

July 4, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1

Australian acts, Ernest Aines and Camille Trail have announced a series of dates in the UK and Ireland over the summer Aines is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter and Australian Folk Artist of the Year Award 2023 […]

The UK general election 2024: A plague on both your houses

July 4, 2024 Mark Whitfield 25

There’s an account I follow on Twitter by a guy called Michael Walsh who every time Keir Starmer goes back on one of his promises posts a clip of Cilla Black doing her “surprise surprise” routine. […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

July 23, 2026 1

Before you shout at me remember this is supposed to be fun…. I have opened up and bared my soul on a couple of occasions about my past as a teenage rocker in the 1970s, with […]

Ed Askew “The Last Painting”

July 23, 2026 0

Profound, moving and beautiful reveries on posthumous release from ‘Outsider Folk’ poet. Ed Askew was a New York artist, poet, songwriter and genuine underground legend. Having first broken through with his self-titled album in 1968 (subsequently […]

artwork for Conway Savage album "Too Dark To See"

Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”