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Amy Speace to release her second album of the year and announces tour dates

October 16, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 1

Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Amy Speace was accepted into a weeklong songwriting residency at The Blue Rock Retreat and Studio this summer and has 11 songs to show for it. Each song is delicately pieced together; some […]

Interviews

Interview: Amy Speace on her view of “The American Dream”

January 14, 2025 Martin Johnson 4

You can take the girl out of New York, but not New York out of the girl. Amy Speace is a favourite of Americana UK and has just released her fourth record in five years, “The […]

Tracks

Mince Pie Mondays – are these vegan?

December 9, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1

What’s going on?  Isn’t Mince Pie Mondays a bit like Solstice Songs Thursdays, a last-minute attempt to use up the late-arriving seasonal songs so no one feels like the child that Santa forgot?  A sort of […]

artwork for Amy Speace album "The American Dream"
Album Reviews

Amy Speace “The American Dream”

October 29, 2024 Chas Lacey 1

Songs of innocence and experience form a poetic musical memoir. Amy Speace will be familiar to many as the winner of the UK Americana Music Association’s 2020 International Song of the Year Award for ‘Me and […]

Tracks

Amy Speace “Where Did You Go” – I thought I knew you

September 25, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

You don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes to decipher the topic of this latest single from Amy Speace’s new album ‘The American Dream‘ which is released on 18th October.  Amy gives a concise background to the […]

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  • Live Review: The Unthanks, Barbican Hall, London – 31st January 2026
  • Classic Clips: Blaze Foley “Clay Pigeons”
  • Lucinda Williams “World’s Gone Wrong”
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  • The latest AUK podcast is now live featuring chat with Greazy Alice mainman Alex Pianovich
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  • Video Premiere: Robert Deeble “The First Lady of Peru” – a deeper longing for connection
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Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

February 3, 2026 0

When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

Interviews

Interview: Bernie Leadon Too Late to Be Cool? No way!

January 21, 2026 0

When pigs can fly and cows jump over the moon …. when hell freezes over …. when an NBA player gets called for “palming the ball” …. when George Costanza picks up a check … when […]

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Interview: Trevor Sensor on connection, bataille and love in the time of confusion

January 13, 2026 0

“Are you really real, do you feel the same thing that I do, girl, when I touch you, girl?” ~ Ricky Nelson According to iconic filmmaker Federico Fellini, “The visionary is the only true realist.” Before […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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