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Clarence Tilton “Queen Of The Brawl”

July 17, 2025 Graeme Tait 2
Omaha five-piece establishes itself as one of the best acts on the americana music scene with a career-defining third album. Clarence Tilton is a five-piece band from Omaha, Nebraska, featuring brothers Chris Weber, guitar and vocals, […]
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Mallory Johnson “Over The Party”

July 17, 2025 Jonny Brick 0
Nine excellent, note-perfect songs with a folky feel. A Canadian now based in Nashville, Mallory Johnson’s nine-track second album will please fans of Kacey Musgraves, whose vocal and lyrical sensibilities Johnson shares. The title track, with […]
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J. Isaiah Evans and The Boss Tweed “Americana Radio”

July 16, 2025 FredArnold 0
Country and rock ‘n’ roll-inspired, organ-driven roots rock with fire and respect. Well, this is a very interesting album – americana imagined through the influence of Booker T, Jimmy Smith, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley with […]
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Mackenzie Roark and the Hotpants “Ghost of Rock and Roll”

July 16, 2025 Tim Martin 0
Retro country wrapped up in a shiny modern coating. Good time music for summer listening. The press release which came with Mackenzie Roark’s second album tells us, “after years of working her way into prominence in […]
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Tami Neilson “Neon Cowgirl”

July 16, 2025 Daisy Innes 0
Neon Cowgirl sees Tami Neilson chase every dream, embrace every moment, and find her way back to where it all started. Following up her previous album, “Kingmaker”, Tami Neilson is taking her country-soaked talent one step […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

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Fayen “Something To Look Back On”

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Interviews

Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

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Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell, who is releasing her new album Shadow Child on 8th May 2026 via Outside Music, has announced a run of six UK headline shows as part of a wider UK and European […]
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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

April 21, 2026 0
Candace Hastings is long steeped in songwriting. Her first came when she was in fifth grade; it had just one chord and was written on the three-quarter-size Kay guitar that her mother bought for her the […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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The Mining Company is singer/songwriter Michael Gallagher, indulging in the modern fashion of operating under a band name rather than his own. “Mountain Fires” is his second album, following on from 2016’s “Burning Sun and The […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Kevin Daniel

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If ever there was a musician made to play one of AUK’s exclusive mini-gigs, that would be Kevin Daniel. This is a musician I’d go to see anytime he has a gig that’s within reasonable driving […]
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Coco Hames “Coco Hames” (Merge, 2017)

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When a new name passes in front of us, we like to be able to say, oh yes she’s that kind of performer. Listening to this first record from Coco Hames I’m left with a good […]

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