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Paperback Riders – All-American Christmas reading

December 23, 2022 Tim Martin 0
Coming so close behind the celebration of Thanksgiving in late November, Christmas in the United States might end up being a second-best holiday. While many Christmas traditions originate from central Europe, the Americans were responsible for […]
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Live Review: Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra + Tommy Arch, The Cluny, Newcastle upon Tyne – 17th December 2022

December 23, 2022 Viv Fish 0
After giving their latest album, ‘The Party’s Over‘, a 10/10 review (one of only two I have ever given), getting to see the full band: Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra, was essential. So, when […]
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Billy Strings “Me/And/Dad”

December 22, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0
Exciting collection of bluegrass covers from singer-songwriter and guitar god Billy Strings and his father, guitarist Terry Barber. Billy Strings can shred on guitar with the kind of diabolical speed and agility normally attributed to the […]
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Moon Shine “The Land In Between”

December 22, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1
An album of two halves – quite literally. ‘The Land In Between‘ is the debut album from Brooklyn-based Moon Shine, more usually known as Angie Glasscock, and its often autobiographical songs veer between two camps – […]
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Live Review: Eliza Carthy and The Restitution, Junction 1, Cambridge – 5th December 2022

December 21, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
The last night of Eliza Carthy’s winter tour brought her – somewhat surprisingly – to the largest of the three venues which make up The Junction. And whilst this was a winter tour – with the […]

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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]

  • Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”
  • Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026
  • Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”
  • Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”
  • Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]
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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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Songs for the apocalypse: Toad the Wet Sprocket “Something’s Always Wrong”

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In what feels like another lifetime ago these days, I lived in Sydney for a year after I left school, and one night after coming home from a late shift at the restaurant I worked in […]
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Iron & Wine announce new EP “Weed Garden” – Listen

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Two of the best things in life are ironing and wine, and in celebration of that fact Iron & Wine aka Sam Beam has announced a new EP ‘Weed Garden’ which comes out on August 31 via Sub Pop. […]
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Video: Midnight Skyracer “I’m Just Here To Ride The Train”

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Formed last year around the excellent Carrivick Sisters and with a new album, Fire, out now, this is the UK’s Midnight Skyracer tearing it up.  they’re going to be big.

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