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Beat Circus “These Wicked Things” (Innova Recordings, 2019)

March 5, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Brian Carpenter formed Beat Circus in 2002 as an outlet for his theatrically inspired musical compositions, not quite as a side-project more one of several projects that he has juggled over the last couple of decades […]
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Daniel Steinbock “Out of Blue” (Independent, 2019)

March 4, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0
Daniel Steinbock’s first full-length release, ‘Out of Blue’, is a relaxing, calming and often beautiful reflection on love in its various forms. Throughout, there is a sense of hope and positivity, even finding the good in […]
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Harmony Rockets with Peter Walker “Lachesis/Clotho/Atropos” (Tompkins Square, 2019)

March 4, 2019 Paul Kerr 0
Harmony Rockets is kind of a sideline project for Mercury Rev’s Grasshopper and Jonathan Donahue, allowing them to go off-piste as it were and indulge themselves. Here they team up with the little known but well […]
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Dave Ernst “Hickory Switch” (Eastwood Records, 2019)

March 1, 2019 Mark Johnson 0
After nearly three decades in numerous Louisville, Kentucky bands, Dave Ernst releases his debut solo album, and has got it just right. Short and snappy, with no room for filler, Ernst includes six of his own […]
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Danni Nicholls “The Melted Morning” (Independent, 2019)

February 28, 2019 Louie Joe 0
Danni Nicholls has been recording music for a decade now, and ‘The Melted Morning‘ attests she is at the top of her game. This third studio album keeps all the good ingredients of her past releases, […]

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Book Review: Uncut’s “The 200 Greatest Americana Albums…Ranked!”

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Teenage Fanclub don’t dare to dream on new album and tour this autumn

July 24, 2026 0
Teenage Fanclub have announced their new album Do Not Dare To Dream, due out on 9th October via Merge Records. The band’s 13th studio album follows the 2023 release Nothing Lasts Forever and finds the group […]
Book Reviews

Book Review: Uncut’s “The 200 Greatest Americana Albums…Ranked!”

July 24, 2026 1
Everyone loves a list, and at AUK we are no exception. Our Essentials strand is amongst the best-read features on the site, and our Top 10 lists are always well supported by both writers and readers. […]
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The latest AUK podcast is now available featuring Sophie Moore

July 24, 2026 0
This week’s podcast features a delightful chat with Sophie Moore, whose album Trouble In Mind is out today. Sussex-based Sophie tells how the album came about and the power of asking the question as she relates […]

  • Teenage Fanclub don’t dare to dream on new album and tour this autumn
  • Book Review: Uncut’s “The 200 Greatest Americana Albums…Ranked!”
  • The latest AUK podcast is now available featuring Sophie Moore
  • Bee Appleseed “Escape From The Digital World” – turn off, tune out, fall into the world
  • Video: Sorrel Nation “Ran Jonny Ran” – longing and misplaced loyalty
  • Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects
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  • Buddy Miller returns with star-spangled first album in 15 years
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  • Lionel Clement Stanbrook: Great list and imaginative thinking. The spirit, if not the body, of Americana.
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Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]
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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

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Pure Prairie League “Great American Radio Vol. 8”

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Not a lot of country, but plenty of rock on a great archive live release. This 2 CD set is taken from a show at the Calderone Concert Hall in  Hempstead New York on April 30th […]
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Ten americana songs of protest

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An infamous Mancunian once thought that if you played the acoustic guitar, it meant you were a protest singer. Whilst the playing of that instrument may not earn you the right to musical protestation, the artists […]
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The Wandering Hearts get that DeJa Vu feeling with new album

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British folk-Americana band The Wandering Hearts have announced their new album “Déjà Vu (We Have All Been Here Before)”. A reimagining of the 1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young classic “Déjà Vu”, the album will be […]

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