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Mark Martyre “Wait” – Listen

August 21, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Gravel voiced singer Mark Martyre opens this song from his new album ‘Light Years‘ with the words ‘snow blows sideways, I spend another season alone‘, which might seem unseasonable but with the weather we’ve had so […]
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Allison Moorer returns with new memoir and album – Listen to the first song from it

August 20, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Allison Moorer will be releasing her first new album proper since 2015’s ‘Down to Believin’’ on October 29th through Thirty Tigers. The album will be called ‘Blood’ and will be followed by the release of her […]
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Garcia Peoples “One Step Behind” – Listen

August 20, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
We should note at this point that this is actually only the Radio Edit of this song.  On the new Garcia Peoples album, from which this is the title track, the jam sprawls out over 32 […]
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Sammy Kay “Sweet Cecilia” – Listen

August 19, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Sammy Kay is gearing up to release his fourth album ‘civil/War‘  on October 4th, from which ‘Sweet Cecilia‘ is taken.  It’s an almost love song that grapples with addictions and a refusal to face up to […]
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Neil Nathan “Home Orford Home” – Listen

August 16, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
With musical festivals folding recently under the threat of high winds and heavy rain, Neil Nathan offers a more bucolic experience of the East Anglian coastline.  The New York singer-songwriter has a great affection for the […]

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Essentials: Americana Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2026

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

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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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Sophie Wellington “Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still”

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Live Review: Tift Merritt, The Lower Third, London – 28th June 2026

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Essentials: Americana Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2026

July 9, 2026 1
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

July 9, 2026 0
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

July 9, 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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  • Sophie Wellington “Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still”
  • Live Review: Tift Merritt, The Lower Third, London – 28th June 2026
  • Benjamin Miller “So What” – to just care not
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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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Video: Jim Ghedi “Lamentations of Round-Oak Waters”

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The voice of Jim Ghedi and the exquisite musicianship on show here seem to come from another place and time.  ‘Lamentations of Round-Oak Waters’ is an absorbing, transcendent experience.  The video is a live studio session […]
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Book Reviews

Book Review: Kristina R. Gaddy and Rhiannon Giddens “Go Back And Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music In The Americas For Fiddle and Banjo”

August 29, 2025 2
Kristina R. Gaddy is a Swedish-American writer who has researched and written hard-hitting non-fiction books. Notably, “A Most Perilous World: The True Story of the Young Abolitionists and Their Crusade Against Slavery” and “Flowers In The […]
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Robert Scheffler “Truce”

August 11, 2025 0
A twenty-year wait for an adult, sometimes intimate, set of songs. “Truce” is New Yorker Sheffler’s third album; however, it is his first in almost twenty years. During that time, he worked as a freelance research […]

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