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Darling West “While I Was Asleep” (Jansen Records, 2018)

March 9, 2018 Denis Parkinson 0
Norwegian country trio Darling West are on a roll. International performances, a US Country Chart Top 100 placing, over three million Spotify plays and prestigious European and American festival performances have firmly established them on an […]
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Jamie McLean Band “One & Only” (BabyRobotMedia, 2018)

March 9, 2018 Martyn Ingham 0
Back in the 90s a new sub-genre was named: “Country-Rock”. Sure, it had always been there in the background, waiting to surface, kind of like a bench player who had come up through the youth team […]
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Knight & Spiers, Junction 2, Cambridge, 6th March 2018

March 8, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
The last gig of the City Roots Festival was, fittingly enough, the folkiest gig of the festival. Sure, there had been the likes of Sam Kelley with his mixture of new and re-arranged traditional songs, but […]
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The Lost Brothers “Halfway Towards A Healing” (Bird Dog Records 2018)

March 8, 2018 Dave Clarke 1
Here are two singer/songwriters from Ireland, Oisin Leech and Mark McCausland, now based in Liverpool. This is their fifth album, produced and recorded by Howe Gelb and Gabriel Sullivan (of Giant Sand fame) at the Dust […]
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Leah Abramson “Songs For A Lost Pod” (Headless Owl Records, 2018)

March 8, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
In a major departure from her usual folk-pop, Leah Abramson’s latest is a somewhat experimental multi-media project. Not the most promising opening sentence to be sure but the results, while mixed, are sometimes inspiring and on […]

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Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

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In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]
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Danni Nicholls “Making Moves”

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Top-class vocals and production complement finely crafted personal lyrics of love, loss and hope from UK-born now Nashville-based artist. One of the joys in reviewing albums for Americana UK is that moment when you first play […]
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All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

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The music of Alton and Rabon Delmore continues to influence generations of singers and songwriters across multiple genres. From their first appearance as the Delmore Brothers at the 1926 Athens Fiddlers Convention, their intricate harmonies took […]

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Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0
In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]
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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]

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