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David Ramirez heads back to UK for more dates

September 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

We’re rather fond of David Ramirez here at AUK and today he’s announced details of an eight-date UK headline tour set to run throughout January 2018. He released his new album “We’re Not Going Anywhere” via Thirty […]

John Craigie announces UK dates

September 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

“If John Prine and Mitch Hedberg had a child, the resulting product would resemble something very close to singer-songwriter John Craigie”. So says the press release announcing tour dates for Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter John Craigie (it’d also […]

Mike Judge country music animated series premieres

September 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

No news on how we get hold of this in the UK yet but how could anyone not want to watch an animated interpretation of the funniest things that ever happened to Waylon Jennings? There’s a […]

The Deslondes announce UK dates for 2018

September 21, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

After a rather successful European tour last month, New Orleans-based act The Deslondes have announced a UK tour for January 2018, including a slot at Celtic Connections in Scotland. This follows the release of their new […]

Full tracklisting for next Dylan bootleg series package revealed

September 21, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

This comes courtesy of Uncut this morning, thank you Uncut: “Bob Dylan‘s ‘gospel years’ are to provide the focus for the next instalment of his ongoing Bootleg Series. Trouble No More – The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / […]

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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 […]

Abigail Lapell “Shadow Child”

May 20, 2026 0

Doubts and hopes haunt nine long months. It is perhaps not so much of a surprise to find that Shadow Child is a concept album, and the theme was also somewhat foretold by last year’s album […]

Montana duo Buffalo Traffic Jam to release full-length debut in July

May 20, 2026 0

Rising Montana folk duo Buffalo Traffic Jam have announced their debut full-length album, Pictures of You, to be released on 31st July 2026, both digitally and on vinyl. Pictures of You comprises 14 tracks, including the […]

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

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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 0

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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Video: Jesse Malin “Brooklyn (Walt Whitman in the Trash)”

November 16, 2022 0

Back in 2003, Jesse Malin released his debut album, ‘The Fine Art Of Self Destruction’, a fine collection of well-crafted songs. He recollects the feelings and events that inspired those songs and remembers the album fondly: […]

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AMA-UK announce nominations and honours for 2021 awards

November 19, 2020 1

It seems a lifetime ago since the revelries of the 2020 AMAUK awards back in January, but it’s that time of year again – The UK Americana Music Association has revealed the nominations for the seven […]

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Micah P. Hinson “The Sleep of the Damned” – Listen

October 3, 2018 0

You’ll recall that Micah P. Hinson’s upcoming album carries the title ‘When I Shoot At You With Arrows, I Will Shoot To Destroy You‘ and is credited to Micah P. Hinson and the Musicians of the Apocalypse. […]

David Ramirez heads back to UK for more dates

John Craigie announces UK dates

Mike Judge country music animated series premieres

The Deslondes announce UK dates for 2018

Full tracklisting for next Dylan bootleg series package revealed

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

Abigail Lapell “Shadow Child”

Montana duo Buffalo Traffic Jam to release full-length debut in July

Adam Ross “Bring On The Apathy”

Father John Misty “The Payoff” – read the small print, sucker