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The War and Treaty announce their return to UK with headline tour this Summer

May 24, 2023 Emily Dongray 0

Award-winning Nashville duo The War and Treaty has announced their “Lover’s Game” tour, which includes four dates starting with a set at The Long Road Festival at the end of August. The tour promotes their most recent […]

The Burning Hell hit the UK for (more) dates

May 23, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

The Burning Hell is the ongoing musical project of songwriter Mathias Kom and multi-instrumentalists Ariel Sharratt and Jake Nicoll, along with other sometime comrades and collaborators, a band for which we have a soft spot here […]

Bear’s Den to release new EP next month

May 23, 2023 Emily Dongray 1

Bear’s Den has announced the details of their new EP ‘First Loves’ set for release on June 23rd through Communion Records. This release comes after their fourth album ‘Blue Hours‘ was released last year. ‘First Loves‘ includes […]

Melissa Carper to finally tour UK this Summer

May 22, 2023 Emily Dongray 0

Singer-songwriter and upright bassist Melissa Carper has announced a short UK tour with four dates starting in Glasgow in mid-June. The delayed tour promotes her most recent album ‘Ramblin’ Soul‘ which came out last year. Reviewer Tim Martin […]

Preview: Morgan Wade lands for UK dates

May 19, 2023 David Jarman 0

Morgan Wade is back in the UK for a short tour, opening in Glasgow and including a show-piece at London’s Albert Hall as part of a brand-new Country and Americana festival, Highways. AUK was very happy […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
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RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
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Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]