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Ags Connolly “Wrong Again (You Lose A Life)” – Listen

October 29, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Oxfordshire honky-tonker Ags Connolly has his third album ‘Wrong Again‘ coming out on the first day of the apocalypse – or November 1st if you prefer.   Today’s song is, quite obviously, the title track and sees […]
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Bonny Light Horseman “Deep In Love” – Listen

October 28, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
What a beautiful sound Bonny Light Horseman make – at times vintage American Folk, and at times striding fearlessly into Incredible String Band territory.  It comes from a deep love of British folk that infuses their […]
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Traveller “Traveller” – Listen

October 25, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
This new and moody song from Scottish band Traveller stalks lonely streets in search of comfort and a grain of human feeling.  It see’s the trio in perhaps their most Americana mood yet – it’s the […]
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Nikki & The Phantom Callers “They’ve Never Walked Through Shadows” – Listen

October 24, 2019 Jonathan Aird 2
There’s a mighty blend of modern know-how and traditional voice blending on ‘They’ve Never Walked Through Shadows‘, the new single from Atlanta’s Nikki & The Phantom Callers. The band describe themselves as purveyors of jangling country-tinged […]
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Songs for the apocalypse: Cosmic Rough Riders “The Pain Inside”

October 23, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1
The Cosmic Rough Riders were formed in 1998 by Daniel Wylie and Stephen Fleming at the advent of the first big wave of americana as a thing which hit the UK around the time, their first […]

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The Proclaimers announce an ‘offensive’ new album and more tour dates

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Sophie Wellington “Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still”

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Essentials: Americana Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2026

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It’s been two years since we updated our list of the essential podcasts in our part of the musical forest, and as podcasts do come and go on occasion, it seemed like a good time before […]
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The Proclaimers announce an ‘offensive’ new album and more tour dates

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Cooking Vinyl has released the single You May Offend, the title track from The Proclaimers’ new album. It is brothers Craig and Charlie Reid’s first album since 2022’s hugely acclaimed Denture’s Out. Their 13th studio album’s […]
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AUK Shortcuts: Richard Neuberg, Grapes of Grain, Freedom Heartsong, Grain Electric, Erik Rabasca, Tony Kamel, Jeremy Beggs, Jenner Fox & Jeremy Elliott, and Skydiggers

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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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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

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GospelbeacH new album on the way, new single out now – Listen

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GospelbeacH have announced their return with a new album ‘Let It Burn’ which is due out October 4th on limited edition vinyl, CD, digital and streaming formats via Alive Naturalsound Records.
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400 Bears “400 Bears” (2020)

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‘400 Bears’ is the self-titled solo project of Paul Wilkinson from the band Mason Porter.  Wilkinson describes the album as being guided by the spirits of music his parents introduced him to when he was younger.  He […]
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10 songs about the other side of Nashville

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Nashville is the state capital and largest city in Tennessee. The city itself has a population of 690,000 but if you include the metropolitan area around the city, that rises to around two million people. For […]

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