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2019 Americana Honor and Awards Nominees are announced

May 15, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
So this happened last night although they didn’t send us a press release so we’re reporting this via Rolling Stone. We do by the way love the Milk Carton Kids – don’t forget to catch them […]
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Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival returns next month

May 14, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
The Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival is being held this year at the historic Pijnackerplein in Rotterdam-Noord. With 14,000 visitors in 2018, the three-day music festival is the biggest bluegrass festival in Europe and features an international line-up […]
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Sam Outlaw announces new EP, UK dates

May 13, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
The lovelier than roses singer-songwriter Sam Outlaw released brand new music the day he took to the Grand Ole Opry stage for the first time, in his new hometown of Music City. His EP ‘Hat Acts’ […]
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Curtis Eller brings his American Circus to the UK

May 10, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Curtis Eller describes himself as a banjo player, songwriter and rock & roll singer, and you can see that trilogy of talents come together at a show near you from the end of this month when […]
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The Church announce a trio of shows celebrating 30 years of their album, Starfish

May 9, 2019 Paul Kerr 0
On the thirtieth anniversary of what was their break out album, ‘Starfish’, the Australian band who surfed the waves of neo-psychedelia and dream like pop anthems return to UK shores to perform the album in its […]

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Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Ry Cooder “Little Sister” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1982

May 22, 2026 0
Well, what can I say; joyous! Have you ever seen a band having more sheer fun on stage? Ry Cooder recorded Little Sister for his Bop Till You Drop album released in 1979, and demonstrates his […]
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Live Review: Kaitlin Butts + Meels, Band on the Wall, Manchester – 18th May 2026

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Kaitlin Butts’ breakthrough to a UK audience was at The Long Road Festival in 2024, where an Interstate stage band show, a fabulous acoustic set and a guest appearance with Lola Kirke placed her on the […]
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Benny Bleu “When I am a Fossil”

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A banjo-helmed ecological concept album. Those of a nervous disposition may wish to steel themselves in advance of this review, in that it contains several references to the “B” word; that’s “banjo” to you and me. […]

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

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Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1
At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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Classic Clips : Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham – “I’m Your Puppet” Jools Holland’s Later November 1999

July 7, 2023 0
It’s often the case that songwriters prefer to stay in the background and however strong their vocals and musicianship are, they keep out of the limelight. That’s certainly the case for legendary songwriters Dan Penn and […]
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AUK Shortcuts: Francesca Brown, Rita Bliss, The Singer and The Songwriter, Bright Arcana, Starr & Stucky, The Strange Encounters, The Mighty Bosscats, Mike Krause & The Third Expression & The Whiskey Charmers

August 7, 2024 0
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites […]
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The Felice Brothers “From Dreams To Dust”

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Absurdist Americana from a band who are on the crest of an apocalyptic wave. For a band who were often compared (favourably) to The Band when their debut album was released, The Felice Brothers have gone […]

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