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Aerial East “Try Harder”

April 9, 2021 Harold Hogan 0

Strange yet familiar, dreamlike yet tangible; a beautiful and intimate record. Aerial East’s ‘Try Harder‘ is a coming of age record about what it means to be a woman in America. At once strange and familiar, […]

Amanda Cook “Narrowing The Gap”

April 8, 2021 Jim Finnie 0

As good a piece of modern bluegrass as you’re ever likely to find. Bluegrass albums can elicit mixed responses on AUK with some holding the view that they shouldn’t be included in an Americana genre, which […]

Morgan Wade “Reckless”

April 8, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

Indie country with a mainstream rock’n’roll and pop attitude. This is an interesting album for americana fans, and not necessarily for all the obvious reasons. While Morgan Wade is only 26 and ‘Reckless’ is her debut […]

Israel Nash “Topaz”

April 8, 2021 Diccon Johnston 0

The modern, vital heart of country soul beats right here. ‘Topaz’ is the seventh album by Israel Nash and it firmly benchmarks a significant step in his musical evolution. It has lost none of the expansive […]

Naomi In Blue “An Experiment”

April 7, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0

Highly impressive country/folk noir EP opening with a stone-cold killer. Here for our consideration is an EP from British-Chilean polymath Naomi Larsson, aka Naomi In Blue. Only four tracks, but that’s often enough to make a […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0

Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]