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Jackson Browne “Downhill From Everywhere”

July 20, 2021 Paul Kerr 3
Jackson Browne is, in turn, reflective and angry on his latest album. At the seasoned age of 72, Jackson Browne can be excused for only releasing an album every five or six years. In fact, it’s […]
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The Mountain Goats “Dark in Here”

July 20, 2021 Sean Hannam 0
John Darnielle’s indie-folkers get soulful in the Deep South for their twentieth studio album – dark, intimate, cinematic and seriously impressive. For a bunch of musicians working on their latest album just as COVID-19 took hold, […]
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Nick County “A Colorful Corner of Northeastern Pennsylvania”

July 19, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 0
Perceptive writing lays bare emotional turmoil. For his third release Nick County has added a sprawl of indie, pop, folk to the country and rock of his previous records. At first, these various currents are quite […]
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The Hiding Magpies “Searching For Gold”

July 19, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0
The Hiding Magpies are on their way to making a great English-rooted Americana album. Magpies are considered to be among more intelligent creatures, according to practically all descriptions of this talking bird. They say they are […]
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Cajun Corner – Dwayne Dopsie “Set Me Free”

July 19, 2021 Rick Bayles 0
New music from one of the big names in Zydeco! It’s always good to celebrate the release of a new Zydeco album but it’s especially exciting when that album comes with a connection to one of […]

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Tier one tickets on sale today! If you’re not subscribing to our monthly supporters newsletter you’ll be missing out on our exclusive supporters playlist of the best new americana we’ve heard over the last few weeks […]
Joe Martin live at The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 26th September 2026
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Live Review: Joe Martin + Maggie May Treanor, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 26th September 2026

October 2, 2026 0
As I proceeded to pull into a convenient parking space, a stone’s throw from the doors of the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, home of Americana music in Lincolnshire, I noticed that the circus was in […]
Mary Gauthier
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The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Boulder Fields and Mary Gauthier

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This week’s podcast sees Keith talking to two great songwriters. Cam Fraser of Boulder Fields, in the week of the release of Nothing Age, and Mary Gauthier, in the week of her release, Reckoning. Both very […]

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  • Live Review: Joe Martin + Maggie May Treanor, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 26th September 2026
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Boulder Fields and Mary Gauthier
  • Michael Hurley “The Werewolf Song” – howls at the moon
  • Video Premiere: Afton Wolfe & The Snake Hunters “Slingshots”
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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”

September 15, 2026 0
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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Preview: Robbie Cavanagh announces Tough Love UK dates

October 12, 2023 0
Some of you may have caught Manchester’s Robbie Cavanagh at The Long Road Festival or The British Country Music Festival over the summer this year, but if you didn’t fear not as the singer-songwriter is taking […]
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Video Premiere: Lee Squires “Good Team”

April 28, 2025 0
From the opening notes on guitar, the new single from Lee Squires is an absorbing, memorable musical tale.  In ‘Good Team’, The instrumental layers are warm and beautifully composed and arranged.  Squires’ understated voice and low […]
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Studio Life – Roseanne Reid

December 17, 2019 0
This has been some year for Roseanne Reid. Her critically-acclaimed debut album, ‘Trails’, has just been named one of the records of 2019 by the Sunday Times and ‘Amy’ has been nominated in the UK song […]

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