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Boxes “Why Don’t You Listen” EP (Independent, 2020)

March 11, 2020 Peter Churchill 0
Boxes are a four-piece Manchester-based band that, having played their way around most every venue that their home base has to offer, are now hoping that the release of their debut EP ‘Why Don’t You Listen’ […]
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Chance Emerson “The Raspberry Men” (Independent, 2020)

March 10, 2020 Mark Nenadic 0
An eighteen year old Taiwanese American fellow, with millions of Spotify hits for his debut E.P., now drops his debut nine-track long-player. For our older readers I’ll explain what ‘Spotify’ and ‘Spotify hits’ are later on. […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Woody Guthrie “Dust Bowl Ballads” (Victor Records, 1940)

March 10, 2020 Emily Dongray 0
Celebrating its whopping 80th birthday this year, Dust Bowl Ballads remains a prescient and relevant piece of musical reportage and remarkably unique. Woody Guthrie hailed from Oklahoma, settled in Texas, but made his mark in New […]
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Mock Deer “The Art of Loneliness” (Independent, 2020)

March 10, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
‘The Art of Loneliness’ is an ambitious album from London-based Mock deer, also-known-as Ricky Damiani. The sound is fuller and more expansive than earlier EP releases and Damiani’s writing has grown during the long period leading […]
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Kirsty Almeida “Moonbird” (All Made Up Records, 2020)

March 9, 2020 Rick Bayles 0
This is quite a lovely record. Gibraltarian singer/songwriter Kirsty Almeida has crafted some very interesting songs for this, her first studio album in nearly six years (since 2014’s ‘Dejavoodu’). She had taken a creative sabbatical following […]

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Live Review: Tessa Rose Jackson + Chloe Foy, St Pancras Old Church, London – 16th September 2026

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The shortening autumnal hours mean the dark night sky is showing through the church windows well before showtime at this Victorian church, just a block away from the London bases of some of the world’s biggest […]
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James Felice announces release of second solo album in November

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James Felice has announced that Homeworld Blue, his sophomore solo album, will be released on 13th November 2026 via Conor Oberst’s Million Stars Records. Produced by Nate Walcott of Bright Eyes and recorded in Omaha, Nebraska, […]
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Mildred “Bird Laugh” – snow is falling

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Mildred have not let the grass grow; their debut release came out earlier this year, and already they have new music in the form of a double A-side single, of which Bird Laugh forms an A-side. As […]

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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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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”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 […]
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

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Clubhouse Records turns 10 – listen to their Spotify playlist

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One of the UK’s best Americana labels Clubhouse Records, a constant friend here at AUK, turns 10 years old this year and the team there have each picked 10 of our favourite tracks from the Clubhouse […]
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Andrew Gabbard “Wake Up, Brother” – Listen

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As if being part of both Buffalo Killers and The Gabbard Brothers were not enough, Andrew Gabbard has opened 2021 with a new single ‘Wake up, Brother‘ which is taken from his new studio recorded solo […]
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Classic Clips: Paul Simon Performs “The Only Living Boy in New York” at Barnes and Noble, 2008

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Paul Simon has an incredible catalogue of music behind him, going all the way back to the 1950s. As half of the folk duo Simon and Garfunkel, he had great success before going on to record […]

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