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Video: Mavis Staples + Levon Helm “You’ve Got to Move”

April 22, 2022 Ed Donnelly 1
Near the end of the legendary concert film ‘The Last Waltz’, The Band and The Staples Singers perform ‘The Weight’ together on a sound stage.  As they exit the final verse of the song Mavis Staples […]
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Video: Guise “Don’t Come Back”

April 22, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Ahead of the debut full-length release from London-based band Guise, here is the upbeat single ‘Don’t Come Back’.  Full of catchy hooks and hummable melody, this is the sort of up-tempo song that makes you want […]
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Video: Tom Jenkins “Back Roads”

April 21, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Tom Jenkins’ recent single ‘Back Roads’ is delivered with a sense of urgency as a rhythmic strum and insistent percussion drive the song forward.  There are soaring backing vocals and an anthemic, sing-along chorus, delivered with […]
Fences "Niagra" feat. Bonnie "Prince" Billy
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Video: Fences feat. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “Niagra”

April 20, 2022 Ed Donnelly 1
Fences and Bonnie “Prince” Billy have collaborated on a new song, ‘Niagra’, and a cover of the seminal Stones classic.  They have released a video for ‘Niagra’ which features the two singers shot separately in black […]
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Video: Jacob & Drinkwater “New Capri”

April 20, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Last year, acclaimed contemporary folk duo Jacob & Drinkwater released ‘More Notes From the Field’, a lockdown album about human connections despite, or because of, being written remotely.  Although a brand new release, the pair’s recent […]

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Essentials: Americana Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2026

Essentials
July 9, 2026 1

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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Album Art Sophie Wellington Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

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

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 […]
Promo photo for Richard Neuberg
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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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  • The Proclaimers announce an ‘offensive’ new album and more tour dates
  • AUK Shortcuts: Richard Neuberg, Grapes of Grain, Freedom Heartsong, Grain Electric, Erik Rabasca, Tony Kamel, Jeremy Beggs, Jenner Fox & Jeremy Elliott, and Skydiggers
  • 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
  • Video Premiere: Kye Alfred Hillig “On Small Wings”
  • Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”
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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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“What is this Americana thing anyway…?” – Clint West

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Time for another in our series looking at the routes our writers have taken into Americana and just what it is that makes it our favourite genre. This week we are warmed by Clint West’s pathological […]
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Matt Waldon ”Grow Up” (Independent, 2017)

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In many ways beginning a record with an instrumental track is a big risk in the days of instant gratification and snap judgements on an artist. However, if you have stumbled across Matt’s music you are […]
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Uplifting, thought-provoking and optimistic. Bastoni is a talented musician, artist, and teacher.  Since the release of her last full-length album ‘How we want to live’ in 2019 she has been concentrating on her art and also […]

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