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Clockwork Carousel “Clockwork Carousel” (Tick Tock Records, 2018)

March 22, 2019 Jim Finnie 0

Who would have guessed it! Americana is alive and well in the New Forest in the shape of Clockwork Carousel who have just released their self-titled debut album. Normally at this stage – and certainly for […]

Jeremy & The Harlequins, Water Rats, London, 9th March 2019

March 22, 2019 Jonathan Aird 1

At the end of their first UK tour New York City’s Jeremy & The Harlequins made the first of their two back-to-back London stops at the Water Rats, with an appearance planned for the BBC’s Andrew […]

Love Trap “Rosie” (Wild Honey Records, 2019)

March 22, 2019 David Stevenson 0

Love Trap from Turin, Italy are a super-duo of sorts formed by Stefano Isaia and Marco Spigariol from the remnants of a number of different groups (Movie Star Junkies, Lame and Krano to name a few) […]

J.S. Ondara “Tales of America” (Verve, 2019)

March 21, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0

The grand but elusive idea of the ‘American Dream’ is one of the USA’s gifts to the world. J.S. Ondara is, perhaps, the very personification of this ideal but his darkly poetic lyrics and tender confessionals […]

Grain Electric, The Peer Hat, Manchester, 16th March 2019

March 21, 2019 Clint West 1

Stuart Warburton and Jamie Fildes previously worked together in the 1980s as members of the excellent Rhythmaires. When that band broke up, each went their separate ways; Fildes enjoying some minor success with the band Buchanan […]

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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

May 11, 2026 0

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 […]

Clockwork Carousel “Clockwork Carousel” (Tick Tock Records, 2018)

Jeremy & The Harlequins, Water Rats, London, 9th March 2019

Love Trap “Rosie” (Wild Honey Records, 2019)

J.S. Ondara “Tales of America” (Verve, 2019)

Grain Electric, The Peer Hat, Manchester, 16th March 2019

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

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

Peter Case “At McCabe’s: My Life to Live”

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