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Adam Klein ‘Low Flyin Planes’ (Cowboy Angel Music, 2019)

April 17, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

This is Klein’s seventh album and with each release he grows into a more assured and distinctive singer songwriter. He describes this album as the ‘sonic follow up’ to 2013’s ‘Sky Blue Deville’, also reviewed enthusiastically […]

Brad Armstrong “I Got No Place Remembers Me” (Cornelius Chapel Records, 2019)

April 16, 2019 Steven Howlett 0

‘I Got No Place Remembers Me’ is Brad Armstrong’s second solo album after 2016’s ‘Empire.’ Having previously been in 13 Ghosts who existed for twelve years on indie cred and not much else, he also joined […]

The Long Ryders + The Hanging Stars, Gorilla, Manchester, 10 April 2019

April 16, 2019 Clint West 0

It seems that nearly everyone you speak to arrived at this thing we call Americana via a different route. One area of commonality though, is that The Long Ryders were an important step on that journey, […]

Jim Allen “Where the Sunshine Bit You” (Hardcover Records, 2019)

April 16, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0

‘Where the Sunshine Bit You’ is the first solo album from Jim Allen in many years and it finds him in a good-natured mood. A respected songwriter on the New York scene, Allen says that he’s: […]

Pretty Archie “Hanging On” (Curve Music 2019)

April 15, 2019 Alan Fitter 0

Pretty Archie are a five-piece band from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, although a listen to any of the nine tracks on their fourth album ‘Hanging On’, would lead the listener to believe the band were from […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

May 11, 2026 0

The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

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Nordic americana with a slightly heavier tinge. I’m Kingfisher is the alter ego of Swedish singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson. Give Up Together is his sixth album under that guise and comes three years after his last release, […]

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

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Igloo Hearts are James and Katie MacGregor, a married folk-pop duo from North Wales. For our next AUK mini-gig, they kindly agreed to share some of their latest songs with our readers and viewers. Since appearing […]

Adam Klein ‘Low Flyin Planes’ (Cowboy Angel Music, 2019)

Brad Armstrong “I Got No Place Remembers Me” (Cornelius Chapel Records, 2019)

The Long Ryders + The Hanging Stars, Gorilla, Manchester, 10 April 2019

Jim Allen “Where the Sunshine Bit You” (Hardcover Records, 2019)

Pretty Archie “Hanging On” (Curve Music 2019)

For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

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