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Crooked Weather “Are We Lost” (Independent, 2010)

March 21, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

“Had this arrived in a vinyl format we would not be surprised to see a small palm tree on a grassy island decorating the label. Crooked Weather, a Yorkshire based duo, are unashamedly influenced by the […]

Swimming Bell “Wild Sight” (Adventure Club Records, 2019)

March 20, 2019 Mark Johnson 0

Swimming Bell is the solo project of Brooklyn based Katie Schottland, ‘Wild Sight’ the debut album following her ‘The Golden Heart’ EP in 2017. That this gentle music carries nothing of the metropolis is perhaps explained […]

Matthew Logan Vasquez “Light’n Up” (Dine Alone, 2019)

March 20, 2019 Clint West 0

‘Light’n Up’ is the third solo album from Texas singer-songwriter and former Delta Spirit frontman Matthew Logan Vasquez. It sees him take a considerable turn in the road to follow a new direction away from the […]

C2C Country To Country, 02, London, 10th March 2019

March 20, 2019 Andrew Maxwell Morris 0

The passion for some forms of modern country music is well and truly alive in the UK. This touring festival of Country/Americana acts which travels to the UK and around the world once per year is […]

Megg Farrell “Megg Farrell & Friends” (Independent, 2019)

March 20, 2019 Linda Jameson 0

It’s easy to imagine you are listening to a live set in a smoky dive bar in the French Quarter, New Orleans when you hear ‘Megg Farrell & Friends.’ Led by Brooklyn-based Megg Farrell, the album […]

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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 […]

Crooked Weather “Are We Lost” (Independent, 2010)

Swimming Bell “Wild Sight” (Adventure Club Records, 2019)

Matthew Logan Vasquez “Light’n Up” (Dine Alone, 2019)

C2C Country To Country, 02, London, 10th March 2019

Megg Farrell “Megg Farrell & Friends” (Independent, 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”

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”