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Multimedia (Book/Music) review –  Darden Smith “Western Skies”

March 30, 2022 Rick Bayles 0
A Multi-Media release that combines photography, lyrics, essays and songs to paint a bigger picture. Back in 1989, I stumbled across a very interesting album. “Evidence” saw The Bible’s Boo Hewerdine teamed with a young Texan […]
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Live Review: The Dead South, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London – 18th March 2022

March 29, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 2
The Dead South, the four piece from Regina, Saskatchewan, whose high energy take on bluegrass has won them deserved plaudits, are back on the road. When last in London two years ago they played to a […]
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Festival Review: South By South West Festival – Austin, Texas 15th–18th March, 2022

March 29, 2022 Oliver Gray 4
After reviewing the streamed version of SXSW for AUK last year, our roving reporter Oliver Gray returns to Austin to get up close and personal. The trauma of sorting out all the paperwork leading up to […]
Album Reviews

William Poyer “Forgiven”

March 29, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
British Roots displayed by Welsh via Mexico singer-songwriter. William Poyer is a Welsh singer-songwriter who currently resides in Mexico. Having moved there in 2013, he wrote and produced his 2016 debut album ‘Born Lucky‘ in North […]
Book Reviews

Book Review – Ruarri Joseph “William the Conqueror”

March 29, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
A debut novel offers a dark look at the music business. Where does this novel diverge from biography and into the free play of imagination? It’s a question one can’t help addressing whilst reading ‘William 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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Elizabeth Cook “Great Television”

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A welcome and wonderful return. It’s hard to believe we have gone six years since Elizabeth Cook’s last album, Aftermath. Not that she’s been idle in the intervening years, with her television fishing show and a […]
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Fancy covering live shows or new albums for us?

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Everyone knows about new year resolutions but have you head of a new season resolution? As the weeks of scorched yellow grass become a distant memory, why not hunker down for the autumn and winter ahead […]

  • Miko Marks’ new album “Hell Or High Water” arrives next month
  • Elizabeth Cook “Great Television”
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  • Mary Gauthier “Alcohol and Adderall” – addiction blues
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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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Kyle Daniel announces full length debut album “Kentucky Gold”

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Kyle Daniel, the Bowling Green native and singer-songwriter blending classic southern rock with modern country has announced the release of his debut full-length album, ”Kentucky Gold”, on 19th July 2024 via Snakefarm. “Releasing my debut album, […]
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I’m With Her announce second album “Wild and Clear and Blue”

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Folk supergroup I’m With Her have announced their return this Spring with a stunning new record entitled “Wild and Clear and Blue”, which is out on 9th May 2025 via Rounder Records. The all-star trio comprises […]
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The Nautical Theme “Float” (Independent, 2018)

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With a band named ‘The Nautical Theme’ comprising a duo of piano and vocals (Tesia Mallory) and guitar and vocals (Matt Shetler) this might make the casual browser think they were about to stroll into folk […]

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