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The Yearlings “After All the Party Years”

March 20, 2025 Cam Fraser 0
Superb Dutch indie-rock brimming with chiming, jangling guitars and great songs. Based in Utrecht, The Yearlings previously featured here with their highly regarded 2018 album, ‘Skywriter’. Their latest album, ‘After All the Party Years’ looks set […]
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Charley Crockett “Lonesome Drifter”

March 19, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0
Latest from maverick Texan  purveyor of Gulf* & Western, seals entry to the country mainstream. Read reviews of any of Charley Crockett’s previous 15 albums or indeed almost any piece that’s been written about him over […]
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Mike Farris “The Sound of Muscle Shoals”

March 19, 2025 Fiona Golden 0
A vocal powerhouse proves legendary. Industry veteran Mike Farris has returned to the scene with an album that blends out his prolific history in music, seamlessly transitioning between blues, country, and gospel. The album’s title alone […]
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Christopher Wright “The Other Side”

March 18, 2025 Stephen Rostkoski 0
Christopher Wright’s debut album is an unflinching journey through life’s struggles. East Texan singer-songwriter Christopher Wright survived addiction, jail time and a serious health crisis, to make his debut album, aptly titled “The Other Side”. His cool, […]
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Rich(ard) Dawson “End of the Middle”

March 18, 2025 Peter Thompson 0
Rich(ard) Dawson wanders through northern life, like a folk soap opera. Rich(ard) Dawson (the second syllable in his first name is expressed in parenthesis for this release, suggesting that he wants to be known as Rich, […]

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English folk chronicler re-releases his finest achievement, remastered and with extra tracks and a bonus EP re-release. Darren Hayman is an Essex boy, born in Brentwood in 1970. Although he was influenced by the emergence of […]
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AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – June 2026

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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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A  few days after what would have been John Prine’s 74th birthday Americana UK’s Lyndon Bolton spent a fascinating hour chatting over Zoom with his younger brother Billy in Nashville. With him was Billy’s good friend […]
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Track Premiere: Loose Cattle “Crescent City”

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This cover of the Lucinda Williams song comes from New Orleans band Loose Cattle who have a line-up backstory which is so complicated we’re just going to tell you it all verbatim.  Up front there’s Kimberly […]
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Logan Richard “Character Traits”

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Skilful songwriting and guitar playing come together to make an album that sounds far more seasoned than a sophomore release it has any right to. To quote Logan Richard, each song on his second full-length album […]

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