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Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutter “The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”

April 25, 2022 Mike Robbie 0
A complex, well-written double-album that deserves your attention. In what appears to be an album culled together from various singles released over the last couple years, Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters have confidently put forth […]
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Sarah McCulloch “Sawmiller’s Daughter”

April 22, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0
A well made album with a touch of the old school and plenty of songwriting promise. Sarah McCulloch is described as a Country/Americana singer-songwriter and her music probably falls at the outer edge of this site’s […]
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Live Review: Sound Of The Sirens, The Grace, London – 8th April 2022

April 22, 2022 David Chalfen 0
With close to a decade of recordings and touring on their CV, Sound of the Sirens have thus far stayed under the AUK radar. They are a duo of Abbe Martin and Hannah Wood, Exeter-rooted, and […]
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The Wardens “Sold Out At The Ironwood”

April 22, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
A modern addition to western music in the spirit of Ian Tyson and Tom Russell How many people can remember the western in country and western music? It was the early 20th Century music business that […]
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Charlie Sutton “Trout Takes”

April 21, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Downhome yarns have a bewitching charm. A whole album around the subject of fishing may sound as appealing as a corkscrew to the eye to some folks but don’t run away so fast as Charlie Sutton […]

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AUK Short Cuts: Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil, Kevin Coleman, Bay Station, Mudlarks, Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock, and Ben Walden

September 1, 2026 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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Bronwyn “Rattlin’ Bones”

September 1, 2026 0
Virtuoso fiddler-turned-songwriter delivers modern bluegrass masterclass. Rattlin’ Bones marks Bronwyn Keith-Hynes’ first foray into songwriting. For those unfamiliar with her name, here’s a brief résumé of the story so far. Raised near Charlottesville, Virginia, at the […]
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Miko Marks’ new album “Hell Or High Water” arrives next month

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Miko Marks has announced her latest album, Hell Or High Water, on 30th October 2026 via Redtone Records. It’s her first new studio album since her 2022 release, Feel Like Going Home. Hell Or High Water sees […]

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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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Boom!… Apologies. Explosions in the Sky announce UK and European dates

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Following excellent reviews for their new album “End”, and a sold-out international tour last year, Explosions In The Sky have announced news of UK & European live dates and festival appearances in August including headline performances […]
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The Decemberists “As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again”

June 20, 2024 0
Far from revolutionary but an undiminished return. Six years on from ‘I’ll be Your Girl’, The Decemberists are back on four sides with their ninth studio album. The second single ‘Joan in the Garden’ along with some band […]
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Siv Jakobsen “A Temporary Soothing” (U OK?, 2020)

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In conceiving her second full-length album ‘A Temporary Soothing’, Norwegian Siv Jakobsen ponders the age-old stereotype of artists suffering for their art. As an inherently happy person, albeit a self-confessed worrier and over-thinker, she considered the […]

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