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Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets “Half Past Never”

June 19, 2023 GrahamBollands 0

Immediately catchy melodies and soaring choruses reflect influences such as Tom Petty and The Replacements. Kevin Bowe is quite possibly a new name to many, but you may well have come across him before without knowing, […]

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Andrew Hawkey “Hindsight”

June 16, 2023 David Jarman 0

Cornish-born but long-time mid-Wales resident Hawkey shares fifty years of his life in music in an eclectic 17-track collection. Andrew Hawkey, Cornish born but living in rural mid Wales since 1973, has had a 50-year life […]

Book Review: Lucinda Williams “Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You”

June 16, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Sharing her secrets. Given what an outstanding songwriter Lucinda Williams is, it should come as no great surprise to discover that she writes good prose as well, and this memoir has much of the sparse, dry […]

Artwork for Anton O'Donnell's album "Forty's The New Thirty"

Anton O’Donnell “Forty’s The New Thirty”

June 16, 2023 Darren Lumbroso 0

Album of amiable, home recordings of old and new songs released to mark a significant birthday. At the end of 2020, Anton O’Donnell won Americana UK’s inaugural Twang Factor, a series which provides a showcase for […]

artwork for Merry Hell Album "Let the Music Speak"

Merry Hell “Let The Music Speak For Itself”

June 15, 2023 John Jenkins 0

Essential album for lovers of folk music that can proudly sit among the great albums of that genre. In an age the general public, as we are led to believe, only listen to a song for […]

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0

Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0

Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]