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Charlie Parr to tour UK next month

April 28, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Minnesotan legend Charlie Parr has announced his upcoming tour, including fifteen dates starting in Bristol on May the 4th. The series of gigs promote his most recent album, ‘Last of the Better Days Ahead‘. This, his […]
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Black Deer Full Line up announced – Friday headliner revealed!

April 25, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Black Deer Festival organisers have announced the final lineup for this year’s weekend of Americana. The big reveal is the addition of James to headline slots on the Friday. They will be joining the big names […]
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Record Store Day – the Americana UK guide to the releases

April 22, 2022 Emily Dongray 1
It’s that time again where the format fiends get excited about queueing at 5 am (or earlier) to be among the few to own this year’s exclusively released records. Record Store Day started in 2007 and […]
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band cover Dylan on new album

April 21, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1
For their next album those roots and Americana stalwarts the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – now five decades into their musical journey – will be releasing an album of Dylan covers, done in a Dirt Band […]
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Drive-By Truckers return with new album “Welcome 2 Club XIII”

April 13, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0
Watch the new video to the title track from it below. Drive-By Truckers have announced the release of their 14th studio album, ‘Welcome 2 Club XIII’, due via ATO Records on Friday, June 3rd, and to […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Thea Gilmore Songs

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Thea Gilmore is one of the most remarkable voices in contemporary British songwriting. Her work is often experimental, thrillingly so at times, and she moves effortlessly between genres without ever being defined by them. Elements of […]
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Preview: Georgia’s Clover County plays first ever UK and Ireland tour dates in May

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Emerging Georgia singer/songwriter Clover County, whose debut album, Finer Things, was released in September 2025 via her own label Undercover Lover Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers, has announced a short series of tour dates in […]
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Paperback Riders: John Perry Barlow “Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times” and The Principles Of Adult Behavior

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John Perry Barlow’s memoir Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times reads like an acid trip from the American counterculture, yet also carries an idealistic turn that comes from living through multiple revolutions. The book […]

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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]

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Video: Craig Greenberg “All the Hate in the World”

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This is a melodic piano-driven song from New York-based Craig Greenberg.  A political song, it was written as a response to the election of President Trump.  Greenberg explains: “I wrote the song in 2016 and it […]
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Mr Sam & The People People “People, People, People, People!”

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Music to phone a friend to. If you ever feel your view on the world tends too far towards the cynical then a dose of Mr Sam & The People People could be the antidote. At […]
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Live Review: Ferris & Sylvester + Oli McCracken, Spiritual Bar, London – 27th May 2025

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Regular AUK readers will already be familiar with Ferris & Sylvester and their distinctive blend of blues, folk and Americana. Having won multiple awards, including UK Album Of The Year at the UK Americana Awards 2023 […]

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