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AUK Shortcuts: Tyler-James Kelly, Eric Lindquist, The Hearts, PJ Orr, Jack Nolan, She’s In The Trees, Dustin Lowman & Simon Joyner

December 13, 2024 Paul Kerr 2
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 innocence mission “Midwinter Swimmers”

December 12, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0
Refined, thoughtful, fragile and beautiful indie folk album. The innocence mission came together in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1986. The group’s current members are Karen Peris, her husband Don Peris, and Mike Bitts, who have reconvened after […]
Artwork for Zachary Lucky album “The Wind”
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Zachary Lucky “The Wind”

December 11, 2024 Peter Thompson 0
Decent release with an old fashioned feel to it, from Canadian singer-songwriter. Singer-songwriter Zachary Lucky was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada but is currently based in Ontario; he’s known as “the Laureate of the lonesome song” […]
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Anniversary Cheers – Smoke Fairies “Wild Winter” celebrates 10 years

December 10, 2024 Tim Martin 0
Seasonal albums tend to have a certain sentimentality about them that reflects the traditional view of Christmas as a time good cheer, family fun and soft-focus TV ads. So, when it appeared 10 years ago ‘Wild […]
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VanWyck “Dust Chaser”

December 10, 2024 Jonathan Aird 2
Into the desert – in search of freedom. It’s come to the point where a new release from VanWyck is a reason to sit up and pay attention.  The Amsterdam based singer-songwriter has, over a series […]

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Billy Bragg & Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue” project returns with expanded “The Complete Sessions”

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Billy Bragg & Wilco’s “Mermaid Avenue” project returns with expanded “The Complete Sessions”

October 12, 2026 0
Nearly thirty years after Billy Bragg and Wilco first came together to give voice to a collection of previously unheard Woody Guthrie lyrics, Craft Recordings will release Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions on 11th December 2026, […]
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Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”

October 12, 2026 0
A raw, live recording with all the in-the-moment feel of the best performances. Recorded at the Fallout Shelter venue in Norwood, Massachusetts, there is no denying the intensity of the live performance from Wolfe and his […]
Chris Stapleton at Merrieather Post Pavilion August 2019
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For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”

October 12, 2026 0
Our esteemed editor has labelled Chris Stapleton as the Marmite of artists for the writers here at Americana UK. It may be that our readers likewise fall into two camps and it took me a while […]

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  • Afton Wolfe and The Snake Hunters “Live from the Fallout Shelter”
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Chris Stapleton “Traveller”
  • Jonathan Something “One More Lonesome Cowboy Song”
  • Live Review: Robert Jon and the Wreck, The Junction, Cambridge – 2nd October 2026
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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”

September 29, 2026 2
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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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

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If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Jason Isbell & 400 Unit perform on Colbert – watch

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He is all over the shows at the moment (note the plural)  Consequence of Sound reports: “Jason Isbell’s new album with his band The 400 Unit, The Nashville Sound, doesn’t sound like what most people think of […]
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Sergio Beercock “Wollow” (800A Records, 2017)

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Sergio Beercock is a man with an eclectic background. Born to a Sicilian mother and an English father, in Kingston Upon Hull, he now lives in Sicily, where he produces his music while also writing for […]
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke of The Static Roots Festival

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At AUK we’ve mentioned before a couple of the newer and smaller festivals which have been popping up in recent years. Dietmar Leibecke from Germany, a towering figure on the European Americana circuit (in all senses […]

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