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Something for the weekend: Watchhouse “Nightbird (Duo Version)”

August 12, 2022 Mark Whitfield 1
That’s it for another dry and hot week dear reader. The rain is coming but cool down in the meantime with a new stripped back version of a song from an album we glowingly reviewed last […]
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Track Premiere: The Kipsies “Be Still”

August 12, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
The Kipsies are a band based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who make a roots influenced music that draws on traditional bluegrass and old-time instrumentation, but with a progressive and modern sound that blends in elements of […]
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Broken Forest “Spirit Of The Meadows” – the skylarks ascending

August 11, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Perhaps the most attention-grabbing part of the backstory for Broken Forest, and in particular today’s song ‘Spirit of the Meadows‘, is that this most perfect sounding piece of modern British Folk is the work of Luise […]
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Mason Via “Love Train” – one train leaves town, hope aboard another

August 10, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s true that we don’t feature a great number of people who have appeared on American idol (or, for that matter, the myriad of other musical talent shows around the world) but Mason Via is something […]
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Chris Shiflett “Long, Long, Year” – seems like so much longer…

August 9, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Chris Shiflett says of his new song that: “The line ‘It’s been a long, long year’ was rattling around my head for obvious reasons, but I framed it as a love song,” and ‘Long, Long Year‘ […]

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John R Miller to share “The Great Unknowing” with the world in June

May 5, 2026 0
Singer-songwriter John R. Miller has announced the release of his fifth studio album, The Great Unknowing. The album will be out on physical formats on 5th June 2026 and digitally on 17th July via Rounder Records. […]
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AUK Short Cuts: The Long Version, A Different Thread, JP Soars & Anne Harris, Goldtooth, St. Arnaud, MOTH, William John Titus Bishop, Hank Alrich, and Ryan Dart

May 5, 2026 0
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently, which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, […]
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Amy Melissen & Lee Stivers “Something Tells Me Everything Will Be Alright”

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Homage as an access point into the musical canon. It’s almost essential for artists at the start of their musical journeys to rely heavily on the compositions of admired musicians. Whatever elements resonate more deeply are […]

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  • For the Sake of the Song: Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez “Him Who Saved Me”
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0
At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]

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After last year’s cancellation, Glasgow Americana is back with its 15th Annual festival of music. The week sees Glasgow host musicians from all around the world as well as some local ones. On Wednesday, the festival […]
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Alabama 3 “The Girl with Lampedusa in Her Eyes” – F*cking Brexit one song at a time

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Alabama 3, the legendary band from Brixton, South London have announced their new single ’The Girl With Lampedusa In Her Eyes’. The new track is lifted from their incoming new album ‘Cold War Classics Vol.2’ which […]

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