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Paperback Riders – John Einarson “Mr Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of the Byrds’ Gene Clark”

January 27, 2023 Tim Martin 3
A few months back we looked at David N Meyer’s book on Gram Parsons. That book spent much of its time stripping away the myths that have followed Parsons’ name. Einarson has a different task with […]
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Live Review: Lucinda Williams and Buick 6 + L.A. Edwards, The Barbican, London – 21st January 2023

January 27, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
According to social media posts from those who have seen Lucinda Williams’ current shows, she and her band are on top form. Here at AUK we’ve been lucky enough to have had reporters at two of […]
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Tim Easton “North American Songwriter Vol. 1 and 2”

January 26, 2023 Rick Thorn 0
Unplugged and raw – Close your eyes and let Easton transport you to a better, gentler world. Born in Ohio but now living in Nashville. Easton describes himself as a dyed-in-the-wool troubadour.  In the mode of […]
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Live Review: The Hackles + Lizzie No @Celtic Connections, Drygate, Glasgow – 22nd January 2023

January 26, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
It’s testament to the pulling power of Celtic Connections, now in its 30th year, that a near-capacity crowd turned up to see The Hackles play their first-ever gig in Scotland even as elsewhere, the festival had […]
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Daniel Antopolsky “Old Timey, Soulful, Hippy-Dippy, Flower Child Songs from the Cosmos… Wow! (Unheard Songs of the Early 1970s, Part Two)”

January 26, 2023 Cam Fraser 0
Original Outlaw Country era survivor revisits songs written on the global hippy trail. The story of Daniel Antopolsky’s friendship with Townes Van Zandt and his brief but formative time at the emergence of what became known […]

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Classic Clips: The Monkees “What Am I Doing Hangin’ ‘Round?” – The Monkees TV Series Episode 40, “Monkees Marooned” 1967

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The Waterboys live at OVO Hydro, Glasgow - 29th August 2026

Live review: The Waterboys, OVO Hydro, Glasgow – 29th August 2026

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Brothers Osborne will release fifth album “Watertown” in October

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Something for the weekend: Great Lakes “Why Did My Love Go Away?”

September 4, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a track from the new album by Great Lakes, Fear of the Fear, a band we have been big fans of […]
Album Reviews

Keyside “Keyside”

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A catchy, guitar-led debut where jangly hooks and catchy choruses carry stories of lives lived close to the edge. There is something immediately familiar about Keyside, the debut album from Liverpool four-piece Keyside. Jangly guitars and […]
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Classic Clips: The Monkees “What Am I Doing Hangin’ ‘Round?” – The Monkees TV Series Episode 40, “Monkees Marooned” 1967

September 4, 2026 1
Growing up, I loved to watch the television show The Monkees, though looking back, I figure I wasn’t watching the episodes as they first aired, but re-runs. There were only two series of the show, though […]

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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Scottish indie-folksters Frightened Rabbit have ripped into the Tories after last week’s election loss by sharing the new track “Fields of Wheat” on Soundcloud which asks: “Are you ready for the pinch you’ll feel, the fractured […]
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A quietly fiery masterpiece of liberated and liberating bluegrass. Of all the different types of americana, bluegrass can be one of the most challenging to review – but some might say that’s an unintended consequence of […]

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