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[ February 24, 2026 ] The Lowest Pair “Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be” Album Reviews
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[ February 24, 2026 ] George Mann and Mick Coates “Ghosts of the Old West” Album Reviews
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Not so stripped back “Nebraska” box from Springsteen in October

September 8, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

In the interviews related to Bruce Springsteen’s “Tracks II” box earlier in 2025, there was some discussion of the “Electric Nebraska” and the likelihood of an appearance in “Tracks III”. Instead, Sony has announced the release […]

Something for the weekend: CMAT “When a Good Man Cries”

September 5, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you’re a supporter your playlist will be in your email box at 5pm as usual but in the meantime we leave you this week with […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see John Smith live

September 5, 2025 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 Fruit Bats, Robbie Fulks, Margo Price, MJ Lenderman and […]

Tyler Childers announces follow up tour to autumn UK date

September 5, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

7x Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tyler Childers will return to the UK and Europe in the spring of 2026 for newly confirmed shows across Dublin, Glasgow, Manchester, Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam. Tickets for his “On the […]

Billy Bragg releases song for Palestine “Hundred Year Hunger”

September 2, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 1

Billy Nomates added to Gaza benefit show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 20th September. In solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which launches this week in a bid to break the Israeli naval blockade and deliver […]

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Interviews

Interview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return

February 23, 2026 0

Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]

Interviews

Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

February 18, 2026 0

The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

February 17, 2026 0

Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

Album Reviews

Steve Gunn “Nakama EP”

February 24, 2022 0

Warm and fuzzy reworkings of recent ‘Other You’ songs by eclectic mix of appreciative artists. Steve Gunn’s work is often a delicious mix of folk and avant-garde eclecticism which works best when employing repeated complex guitar […]

Album Reviews

This Lonesome Paradise “Nightshades”

November 4, 2022 0

Dark shades of western noir, neck-high in reverb-drenched gothic twang. Since the release of their debut album, This Lonesome Paradise have relocated to Joshua Tree, CA. That move brought them to the attention of Pat Kearns […]

Album Reviews

Chris Blevins “Better Than Alone” (Horton Records, 2017)

December 21, 2017 0

Chris Blevins’ music is like a breath of fresh air; his narrative and full-bodied sound and way he removes the veneer to get to the source sets him apart from the field. Americana music has many […]