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Bluegrass Briefs: C.J. Lewandowski with Bobby Osborne, Echo Valley, The Onlies, The Unfaithful Servants, Wes Corbett.

October 21, 2025 Tim Martin 1

It may have been a while since our last look around the world of bluegrass, but there have been some great albums released over the summer and Autumn. Tradition is a big part of bluegrass. Even […]

Live Review: Zachary Lucky, Green Note, London – 12th October 2025

October 21, 2025 David Chalfen 0

A classic troubadour from the Canadian Prairies, Zachary Lucky’s autumn tour covers the UK, Belgium and Holland. Raised in Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, he shares this native town with the likes of Deep Dark Woods, Kacy and […]

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Brendan Regan “Phenomenal Consolation”

October 21, 2025 Chas Lacey 0

Haunting fiddle-driven folk and post-punk ‘Celticana’ with fine poetic lyricism. With his second full-length collection, Seattle-based Brendan Regan draws upon traditional folk and Celtic influences while tapping into his former life as drummer in a post-punk […]

Coyle Girelli “Out of This Town”

October 20, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

Mutual respect and a classy collaboration. The gist – it has been more than ten years since Coyle Girelli co-wrote with country singer/songwriter Mac Davis. Davis wrote two of Presley’s biggest hits, ‘In the Ghetto’ and […]

AUK Shortcuts: Kirsten Adamson, Garrett Hendricks, Levi Foster, Austin Stambaugh, Jack Schneider, The Shallow Riverbanks, Elizabeth & Jameson and Peter Stampfel

October 20, 2025 Paul Kerr 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, […]

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Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch
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RE: The Paper Kites
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Interviews

Interview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return

February 23, 2026 0

Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]

Interviews

Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

February 18, 2026 0

The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It is not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

February 17, 2026 0

Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

Features

Jess Jocoy wins The Twang Factor 2

October 8, 2021 0

Nashville singer-songwriter secures a clear victory in our second search for new talent. Our first Twang Factor last year produced an incredibly tight result with a mere 18 votes separating the top three. Jess Jocoy, our […]

Van Life

Van Life: Iain Sloan

January 18, 2018 2

Fretboard warrior, purveyor of all things six-string, and pedal steel supremo, Iain Sloan has been soundtracking the UK Americana scene for a number of years predominantly with The Wynntown Marshals, Scotland’s finest alt.country band, and latterly […]

Album Reviews

Seven Dark Lords “Ghost in Here”

July 25, 2023 0

There’s no sin in trying. At first, the name of this band conjured up an image of a wayward metal group offering up their album to Kerrang but Seven Dark Lords describe themselves as a new […]