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Festival Review: South By Southwest 2025, 11th – 16th March, Austin, Texas

March 25, 2025 Oliver Gray 1
Having missed out on last year’s South By Southwest Festival for various reasons, AUK’s occasional foreign correspondent Oliver Gray returned to the fray this year, accompanied, as always, by his intrepid chum Paul Dominy on photo […]
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Live Review: Carter Sampson + Joe Martin, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 7th March 2025

March 18, 2025 Graeme Tait 4
Tonight’s concert at Lincolnshire’s premier Americana Music venue, the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, saw a return to the usual Friday evening residency but with a new name treading this hallowed stage for the first time. […]
Peter Bruntnell, live at The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham - 6th March 2025
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Live Review: Peter Bruntnell, The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham – 6th March 2025

March 17, 2025 Graeme Tait 2
As you climb the stairs at The Angel Microbrewery, you are taken from the congenial ambiance reverberating around the bar towards the door on the first-floor landing that leads to The Chapel. Here, you are constantly […]
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Live Review: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart, London Palladium – 5th March 2025

March 14, 2025 Jonathan Aird 2
The London Palladium is certainly a very nice venue, not one that the music fan might immediately think of but there are upcoming gigs from Patti Smith and Graham Nash and the last gig I caught […]
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Live Review: Jason Isbell, The Barbican, London – 10th February 2025

March 6, 2025 Jonathan Aird 2
Jason Isbell is, it goes without saying, one of the shining lights of Americana – if someone wants to know what Americana is then you point at the totality of his musical output and just say […]

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Graham Parker celebrates 50th year of career with new live album “Quality Footwear”

May 27, 2026 0
Graham Parker will release a new live album  Quality Footwear: Live At The Brook via Big Stir Records on 26th June 2026 Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of his recording career, Parker’s vinyl and streaming collection captures […]
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Video: Alela Diane “Dusty Roses” (Attic Live Session)

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Dusty Roses is the latest single from Portland-based folk artist Alela Diane. The artfully-shot video was recorded in the attic of Diane’s Victorian home, built in 1892, and features co-producer Sam Weber (Madison Cunningham, Anna Tivel) […]
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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

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The Barr Brothers “You Would Have to Lose Your Mind” – Listen

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The forthcoming new album by the Barr Brothers has been described as their best yet – “a collection of 11 hypnotically fluid songs that speak to the raw, elemental power of reflection, forgiveness, loss, and growing up.” […]
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The Jamestown Brothers “Built to Last”

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A strong message is the beating heart of these songs that feel like a rallying battle cry to the apathetic left. Formed in 2019 in the South-West of England, The Jamestown Brothers’ music feels like it […]
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Video: The Stray Birds “When I Die”

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On tour in the UK from October 6th, this is from the Stray Birds fabulous new album.

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