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Black Deer heads for the city in October

May 13, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Two Day Festival announced for Tobacco Dock in October. The people who brought fans the Black Deer Festival in Eridge Park have turned their attention to London with the announcement of “Black Deer In the City“. […]
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Something for the weekend: Lord Huron “Looking Back”

May 9, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and it’s good to be back after my Colombia travails although I do miss the feeling of being in a country governed by someone who feels […]
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Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see The Devil Makes Three live

May 9, 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 Brown Horse, Kassi Valazza, Dawn Brothers, Mike Delevante, The […]
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Julie Fowlis to play 20th anniversary shows in October and November

May 9, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
It’s twenty years since Gaelic singer, musician and composer Julie Fowlis released her debut album “mar a tha mo chridhe (as my heart is)“, and her music is still deeply rooted in the coastal edges and […]
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The Swell Season move “Forward” in June

May 7, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) have announced their first new album in 16 years, “Forward”, will be released on June 13th. An eight-song collection, it was produced by Sturla Mio Thorisson and recorded […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

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Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell, who is releasing her new album Shadow Child on 8th May 2026 via Outside Music, has announced a run of six UK headline shows as part of a wider UK and European […]
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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

April 21, 2026 0
Candace Hastings is long steeped in songwriting. Her first came when she was in fifth grade; it had just one chord and was written on the three-quarter-size Kay guitar that her mother bought for her the […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy “Cast Me Down”

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Newport’s finest deliver the ‘difficult’ sophomore album with tenacity and panache. You might have been inclined to think of Newport in Wales as something of a cultural backwater in the UK. Therefore, you might be surprised […]
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Loose add another star to their roster as Alela Diane announces a new album

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Acclaimed Portland-based singer-songwriter Alela Diane will return with Who’s Keeping Time? on May 22nd via Loose Music/Fluff & Gravy. It serves as the seventh instalment in one of contemporary folk’s most quietly extraordinary careers. On the […]
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Video Premiere: Skarlett woods “You and I”

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Skarlett Woods shows great vocal range and control in her latest single, ‘You and I’.  With filming off the coast in Hawaii and on the Mississippi River, the video, edited by Jose Leon, has the feel […]

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