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Award-winning radio presenter Mike Ritchie to broadcast 400th show this weekend

March 3, 2023 Emily Dongray 0
Former twice winner of Americana UK Reader’s Poll for best Radio Show, Mike Ritchie, presenter of the Sunday Show on Celtic Music Radio, will broadcast his 400th show this weekend. Beginning in August 2014, the country, […]
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Rodney Crowell announces new Jeff Tweedy produced album “The Chicago Sessions” – Listen

March 3, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1
New West Records have announced the release of a new album by Rodney Crowell, ‘The Chicago Sessions’ which lands on May 5th, 2023, via New West Records. The 10-song set was produced by Jeff Tweedy and […]
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Billy Bragg to release fourteen disc box set to celebrate 40 years of music

March 2, 2023 Emily Dongray 0
Punk rocker, folk singer, Skiffle aficionado, protest singers’ protest singer, lefty polemicist, author, singer and AUK favourite Billy Bragg will release a career-spanning compendium entitled ‘The Roaring Forty | 1983-2023‘ on 27th October on Cooking Vinyl. […]
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Will Sheff of Okkervil River has a solo tour

March 1, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
And it starts in the UK tomorrow. Will Sheff has been working on solo material alongside such collaborators as guitarist Will Graefe and bassist Benjamin Lazar Davis as well as new collaborators Christian Lee Hutson, Dawes […]
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Van Morrison tickets for London Summer show on sale this Friday

March 1, 2023 Emily Dongray 0
The legend that is Van Morrison has announced a show at the Royal Albert Hall on June 28th, 2023. This show will include old favourites and songs from his new album ‘Moving On Skiffle’. Tickets go […]

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Patty Loveless and Chris Staplerton at the CMA Awards 2022

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Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”

July 24, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Alberta’s Starpainter who this week have officially confirmed their new album, Cayenne Flowerbed, which will be out […]
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Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

July 24, 2026 0
Songs on surviving life from an accomplished singer-songwriter, with hints of jazz amongst the folk rock accompaniment. Jenny Reynolds is a singer-songwriter, initially from Boston but now firmly a part of the Texas scene for the […]
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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

  • Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”
  • Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”
  • Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward
  • Classic Clips: Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” at CMA Awards, 2022
  • Teenage Fanclub don’t dare to dream on new album and tour this autumn
  • Book Review: Uncut’s “The 200 Greatest Americana Albums…Ranked!”
  • The latest AUK podcast is now available featuring Sophie Moore
  • Bee Appleseed “Escape From The Digital World” – turn off, tune out, fall into the world
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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]
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Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
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Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

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Mark Knopfler, he of Dire Straits and “and Emmylou Harris” fame has announced details of a world tour with his band in 2019. The ‘Down The Road Wherever’ tour commences in Barcelona in April and will […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 176 “Spring or Springtime for Hitler…?”

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Just for a moment there, I thought Spring had sprung. I woke yesterday with a… forgive me… spring in my step and the air was full of singing birds this morning. There was also an email […]
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Cassie Jean and The Fireflies “Heart Over Head”

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Swinging country with love and heartbreak as lyrical themes. Cassie Jean Barbaresi is a Texas-born singer-songwriter and, topically, a soccer player who stills plays and also coaches her sons’ teams. She and her partner, Rich Odato, […]

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