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I’m With Her “Wild and Clear and Blue”

May 16, 2025 Stephen Rostkoski 0
Folk supergroup trio expands upon their sound while keeping their specialness. Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins make up the folk music supergroup I’m With Her. Their latest album, “Wild and Clear and Blue,” exemplifies […]
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Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy “Cast Me Down”

May 16, 2025 FredArnold 0
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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Peggy Seeger “Teleology”

May 15, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Iconic folk singer bows out in her 90th year on a high We’ve maybe become quite blasé regarding announcements from artists regarding retirement, a final album or tour, only to find them back on the treadmill […]
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Tara Beier “Mourning Doves of Joshua Tree”

May 15, 2025 Helen Jones 0
An album that artfully captures the difficult emotions so often needed to be processed before getting to a healing place. Tara Beier sees it as something of a personal mission to help heal and inspire others. […]
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AUK Short Cuts April 2025: Sunken Lands, Red Moon Joe, Charlie Williams, Terence Blacker, Ryan Sterling, Marv Rogers, The Verdin Brothers, Eric Andersen and Dave Desmelik

May 15, 2025 Paul Kerr 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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Lauren Housley live at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 9th October 2026

Live Review: Lauren Housley, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 9th October 2026

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Lauren Housley live at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 9th October 2026
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Live Review: Lauren Housley, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 9th October 2026

October 15, 2026 0
This evening saw the return of the award-winning singer-songwriter Lauren Housley to Lincolnshire’s premier Americana venue, the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey. Of course, Housley is no stranger to these hallowed boards, having last played here […]
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The Talking Hearts “Memory Lane”

October 15, 2026 0
Boston-based band’s second album aims high and falls just short. Boston-based The Talking Hearts describe their sound as “psychoanalytic country“, a blend of classic honky-tonk with a modern take on love, loss and the people who […]
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Katie Pruitt “Fools for the Fleeting”

October 15, 2026 0
A musical move to the mainstream. On this, her third album, Katie Pruitt has taken on issues of personal and wider chaos and impermanence; lofty issues indeed, but the question arises as to whether the ambition […]

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Interview: Wesley Stace “I’m never satisfied with my artistic output”

October 13, 2026 0
Since his birth in Sussex in 1965, Wesley Stace has become a man of all colours, releasing 21 albums (17 under the nom de auteur-interprète John Wesley Harding), writing four books, organising the Cabinet of Wonders […]
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

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Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]

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Pete Gardiner “Dangerous People” – Listen

May 15, 2019 0
Pete Gardiner alludes to several kinds of ‘Dangerous People‘ on this new single which channels rage and despair in about equal measures.  Who’s the bigger threat, the poisoner keeping shtum about what he’s been doing “no […]
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Israel Nash “Lifted” (Loose, 2018)

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This is Big Music. It’s all about the production, which seems to have everything, with bells on – figuratively on ‘Northwest Stars (Out of Tacoma)’. Kitchen sink isn’t actually listed as an instrument, but if it […]
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Octoberman “Chutes”

September 19, 2025 0
Warm, analogue-produced record of intimate indie-folk storytelling. This is Octoberman’s seventh full-length long player. It was recorded live in the studio on analogue equipment, direct to two-inch tape, without the aid of click tracks or screens. […]

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