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The Flowers Of Indulgence “One Man’s Loss” – Dylan rediscovered

February 23, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Not every song by Dylan is well known, and when it comes to ‘One’s man Loss‘ only available through dodgy Bootlegs, and then finally on the official Bootleg Series Complete Basement Tapes release, it’s really safe […]
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Shannon Vetter “Boundaries Baby” – you left me, remember?

February 22, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Boundaries Baby‘ is the latest recently released single from Shannon Vetter, taken from their upcoming album ‘Holding Pattern‘ out March 1st.  The album finds the masc-presenting non-binary Vetter trying out a wide palette of musical styles […]
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Bonny Light Horseman “When I Was Younger” – gone, gone, those days of youth

February 22, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
On this lyric video we find Josh Kaufman, Eric D. Johnson, and Anaïs Mitchell – collectively Bonny Light Horseman – doing that which they do so well, to wit making the finest music of our times.  […]
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Track Premiere: Driftwood “Up All Night Blues”

February 21, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Up All Night Blues‘ from Upstate NY-based Americana outfit Driftwood is a 3Am anthem to change, the staring into an unknown future as the old certainties fall away, “Don’t close your eyes / It won’t change a […]
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Ron Pope “I’m Not The Devil” – not even a friend…

February 20, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
You’ll recall that Ron Pope, in the exclusive Mini-Gig for Americana UK, told us “Everybody, stay inside, wash your hands and I will see you on the other side of this nonsense.”  True to his word […]

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Kiefer Sutherland “Grey”

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Kiefer Sutherland “Grey”

June 12, 2026 0
Kiefer Sutherland delivers the latest in a sequence of high-quality album releases. Everyone knows Kiefer Sutherland, right? He’s that big-name actor, a member of Hollywood royalty and part of the Brat Pack in the 1980s; he […]
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Live Review: Aldous Harding + Vera Ellen, The Barbican, London – 31st May 2026

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There’s always a question over whether a gig review should spend too much time on setting the scene before the gig; the travail of travel, the pleasure (or otherwise) of the weather, the detail of the […]
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The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Fruit Bats’ Eric B Johnson

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This week Keith ducks out of the rain to bring you a show packed with shiny new things including an interview with Eric B Johnson of Fruit Bats on the day of the release of their […]

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  • Live Review: Aldous Harding + Vera Ellen, The Barbican, London – 31st May 2026
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Fruit Bats’ Eric B Johnson
  • The Joel Affair “Honest Opinion” – thank you Jeff Tweedy
  • Video: The Hanging Stars “Let It Slide” – you sold all my clothes for a cheap night out
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

June 11, 2026 1
Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]
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Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

June 10, 2026 0
With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

June 5, 2026 1
Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]

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Video Premiere: Michael Rudd “Going to the Mountain”

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Amongst breathtaking landscapes, Michael Rudd sings of a weary search for something he’ll never find.  Many listeners will recognise that feeling of looking for more, seeking a new way of life that always remains just beyond […]
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Ian Felice “In The Kingdom of Dreams” (Loose, 2017)

August 29, 2017 0
Between two things there is often a dilution of each, a middle of the road but there is also the possibility of great fertility. I mention this as when listening to this record my first impression […]
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Interview: AUK talks to Static Roots organiser Dietmar Leibecke as he gears up for this year’s festival

June 22, 2023 1
We make no apologies for alerting you, dear readers, to the delights to be found at Static Roots, the small but perfectly formed two-day festival of Americana roots music which is held annually in Oberhausen, a […]

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