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Anton O’Donnell “Tomber Sur PRW”

October 27, 2023 Helen Jones 0

A solid debut that shows that there’s no shame in keeping true to your roots. If you’re as confused with the title of Anton O’Donnell’s first full-length release as I initially was, the following breakdown might […]

Artwork for "Is Heaven Real" by Johnny Dowd. Picture by Jon Langford

Johnny Dowd “Is Heaven Real? How Would I Know”

October 26, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0

Johnny Dowd heads back to Memphis for impressive 19th studio record. ‘Wrong Side Of Memphis’ was the title of Johnny Dowd’s first solo album released in 1995 after the demise of his band Neon Baptist. The […]

Live Review: Roseanne Reid + Tom Webber, St Pancras Old Church, London – 11th October 2023

October 26, 2023 David Jarman 0

Scotland’s Roseanne Reid charmed and captivated her audience in the intimate setting of London’s St. Pancras Old Church. Born in Leith, Reid – daughter of Proclaimer Craig Reid– performed solo with her acoustic guitar, giving her […]

Various Artists “Imaginational Anthem vol. XII: I Thought I Told You – A Yorkshire Tribute to Michael Chapman”

October 26, 2023 John Jenkins 0

Yorkshire artists pay tribute to fellow Yorkshire artist Michael Chapman with mixed results. Michael Chapman was a British singer-songwriter and virtuosic guitar player who passed away in September 2021. He has released over 50 albums, but it […]

Chris Brain “Steady Away”

October 25, 2023 Cam Fraser 0

A rising star in the English folk scene surpasses expectations with his second album. Chris Brain has already established himself on the English folk scene with a very well-received debut album and as a powerhouse behind […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Album Reviews

The Bean Pickers Union “Archeology” (Independent, 2019)

December 5, 2019 0

‘Archaeology’ by The Bean Pickers Union, a small collective of musicians based in Cambridge Massachusetts, can best be described as authentic Americana. It has got everything you would expect – banjo, pedal steels, and even a […]

Album Reviews

Son of the Velvet Rat “Solitary Company”

March 25, 2021 0

Bleak but compelling desert tomb-stone Americana engraved with whimsical European folk-noir. OK, let’s get the ‘Is-that-really-what-they’re-called?’ reaction out of the way, given that a band name as strikingly odd as Son of the Velvet Rat feels […]

Features

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Michael Macy

September 8, 2022 0

As previous AUK writers have observed, it’s very hard to pick the best 10 americana albums from the last 20 or so years. For one thing I’ve probably only heard a fraction of them, so the […]

Anton O’Donnell “Tomber Sur PRW”

Johnny Dowd “Is Heaven Real? How Would I Know”

Live Review: Roseanne Reid + Tom Webber, St Pancras Old Church, London – 11th October 2023

Various Artists “Imaginational Anthem vol. XII: I Thought I Told You – A Yorkshire Tribute to Michael Chapman”

Chris Brain “Steady Away”

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”