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Steve Dawson “Gone, Long Gone”

March 21, 2022 Helen Jones 3
An enjoyable lockdown album from a veteran musician whose new experiment with co-writing has paid off. Nashville transplant and Vancouver native Steve Dawson is a busy man: if he’s not producing music for other roots artists, […]
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Landon Lloyd Miller “Light Shines Through”

March 18, 2022 Alan Fitter 0
A left-field debut album from the off-beat Landon Lloyd Miller. If you load Landon Lloyd Miller’s debut album ‘Light Shines Through’ into Apple Music, under the title, the description of the music is “Rock/Indie/Experimental” and whilst […]
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Live review: Dean Owens & The Sinners + Kirsten Adamson, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow – 13th March 2022

March 18, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
With his new album, ‘Sinner’s Shrine’, described as… “Riding high in the charts…with a bullet, Elton John’s shitting himself,” Dean Owens was clearly enjoying being back on stage, at long last. ‘Sinner’s Shrine’, recorded with Calexico […]
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Bailey Bigger “Coyote Red”

March 18, 2022 Michael Macy 0
Delightful first album invigorates traditional sounds with innocence and experience. Much is being made of Bailey Bigger in Memphis, and so it should.  Her first album is a great debut. Several elements  come together to make […]
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The Cactus Blossoms “One Day”

March 17, 2022 Cam Fraser 0
These brothers can really sing, and write and play high-quality, classic, lonesome-country songs. Minneapolis duo The Cactus Blossoms have announced the release of their new album, ‘One Day’. Brothers Page Burkum and Jack Torrey (Torrey is a […]

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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 […]
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The Luck of the Draw: AUK reader Les Bright enjoys his weekend at The Cambridge Folk Festival

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While all AUK content is free to access, subscribers who donate a small amount each month to support the site are sent a Spotify/Apple Music/Tidal playlist each month featuring the best songs from albums we’ve reviewed, […]

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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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This week’s podcast features an interview with Rupert Orton of PRB Presents, who not only programmes loads of americana shows around the UK and EU but also is lead booker for the Red Rooster Festival that […]
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Paul McClure “Songs For Anyone” (Rutland Troubadour / Clubhouse Records, 2016)

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So it’s roundly acknowledged that McClure is one of the nicest men in music, and my experience is that’s difficult to disagree with, the Rutland Troubadour returns here an album of exceptional quality, which is nice. McClure […]

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