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Nathan Evans Fox “Heirloom”

June 3, 2026 Jonathan Smith 0

A record built to last. “Nathan Evans Fox sounds like the truth. In the end, that’s what we go to songwriters for, isn’t it?” These words opened Alan O’Hare’s review for Americana UK, writing about 2018’s […]

AUK Shortcuts: Paula Boggs Band, David Lewis, The Doomed Bird of Providence, Jack’s Basket Room, Swarme of Beese, Victoria’s Big Easy, Allen Dobb, Peter Karp, and Mark Branscombe

June 2, 2026 Bryan Bance 0

Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently, which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, […]

Cover art for Fallen Oaks album Lost That Sound

Fallen Oaks “Lost That Sound”

June 2, 2026 Andy Short 0

Seattle band finds its sound with a marvellous debut. This is an excellent album. Cosmic americana, folk with a hint of country, but forget the labels, they don’t mean anything, sit back and enjoy. This is […]

Carly King “Loving You Is Easy”

June 2, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0

Promising intimate debut from Nashville-based Northeasterner. Carly King was born in New Jersey, came of age around New York City and spent her young adult years in the West, teaching snowboarding in Wyoming and Colorado. She […]

Devlin & The Harm “Devlin & The Harm”

June 2, 2026 John Lee 0

Balancing towering indie-rock dynamics with noir-ish americana touches, Devlin & The Harm’s debut explores what remains after faith, relationships and certainty begin to fracture. Devlin & The Harm sits in an intriguing place somewhere between widescreen […]