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Sean Rowe “The Darkness Dressed In Colored Lights”

September 27, 2021 Richard Phillips 0
Inspired lyrics reside amongst an atmospheric soundscape. Sometimes it can be fruitful to digress, in this instance from an album review to foraging for food. Rowe has his own Youtube feature, ‘Can I eat this?’ on […]
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The Sundogs “Embroidered Rose”

September 27, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0
Lee and Will Haraway and their Sundogs come up with one of the better Americana band outings of the year so far. As both Don & Phil of the masterful The Everly Brothers are now no […]
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Matthew James Adkins “Stoned On My Own”

September 24, 2021 Martin Johnson 2
Muscle Shoals influenced country soul from Detroit. It is hard for aspiring musicians to get any career traction, even when they have managed to write enough songs for an album, and then manage to independently record […]
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The Connells “Steadman’s Wake”

September 23, 2021 Cam Fraser 1
College rock favourites, The Connells, release ‘Steadman’s Wake‘, their ninth album, and their first release in almost twenty years. For those younger readers, US college rock was the late 80s and early 90s forerunner of what […]
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Watchhouse “Watchhouse”

September 23, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0
Top drawer New Appalachian Folk. Formerly known as Mandolin Orange. Better known to their friends and families as Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz. Irrespective of the name change,  New Appalachian Folk is still their stock in […]

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Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”

News
July 8, 2026 0

The Welcome Addition “Now Forever” – a mournful tale of self-sabotage

Tracks
July 8, 2026 0

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Clayton Chaney

AUK Mini-Gigs
July 8, 2026 0

CR & The White Lights “My Old Self”

Album Reviews
July 8, 2026 0

Live Review: State Fayre Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford – 26th-28th June 2026

Live Reviews
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News

Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”

July 8, 2026 0
Jason McNiff has announced the release of his latest album, Ten Blue Songs, his 10th, and, despite the melancholy title, he assures us it is a record of celebration, a celebration of the musical life he […]
Tracks

The Welcome Addition “Now Forever” – a mournful tale of self-sabotage

July 8, 2026 0
  Those of you familiar with us will know that we are a website based in the People’s Republic of Liverpool and so we’re always happy to feature music on our wavelength from around these parts […]
AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Clayton Chaney

July 8, 2026 0
With nearly two decades of songwriting under his belt, Clayton Chaney feels more connected than ever to his craft, offering some incredibly heartfelt, pensive, and witty songs grounded in real human experience. “I try to keep […]

  • Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”
  • The Welcome Addition “Now Forever” – a mournful tale of self-sabotage
  • Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Clayton Chaney
  • CR & The White Lights “My Old Self”
  • Live Review: State Fayre Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford – 26th-28th June 2026
  • Ferris & Sylvester “Jealous” – go green, my hulk
  • Video: Pokey LaFarge “The Thing” – I can’t get no satisfaction
  • Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations
  • George Mann and Si Kahn “Mayday!”
  • JP Harris is “Shaving A Dead Man” with his new album
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Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

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Video: Southbound Fred “Ballad of Grateful Fred”

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Here in Merseyside we have americana coming out of our ears, and part of its illustrious history is down to Barry Jones who fronts the Southbound Attic Band, one of Liverpool’s musical institutions. This cracking tune […]
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Owen Tromans “Between Stones” (Sacred Geometry, 2019)

October 14, 2019 0
‘Between Stones’, the latest album from Owen Tromans, based in Hampshire, has one foot firmly in the folk/progressive rock genre, but also has echoes of Neil Young that take it closer to the home territory of […]
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Arik Dov “The Man” (Independent, 2020)

March 23, 2020 0
I saw a t-shirt once that said “there are too many bikes, said no one ever” and I thought that was funny. Not laugh out loud funny, but funny cos it’s true funny. I’d wear one […]

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