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Aoife O’Donovan & Hawktail “War Measure”

October 11, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Aoife O’Donovan and Hawktail collaborate on the new track ‘War Measure’.   O’Donovan’s unmistakable voice pairs perfectly with the trio of instrumentalists in Hawktail.   The tune is from the new E.P. ‘Aoife O’Donovan & Hawktail Play All […]
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Preview – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2024: from San Francisco to your screen

October 3, 2024 Richard Parkinson 2
Since its inception in 2001, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB) has been a fixture in the americana and roots music calendar.  Founded by Warren Hellman, a San Francisco venture capitalist, HSB has been held each year in […]
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Track Premiere: Jerry Douglas “What Might Have Been”

September 18, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1
‘What Might Have Been’ is a haunting new song from Jerry Douglas’ upcoming album ‘The Set‘ which will be out on Friday.  An instrumental ode to regret, ‘What Might Have Been‘ is lifted by Aoife O’Donovan’s […]
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Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of tickets to see Dawn Landes at the Barbican

August 2, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0
Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Nada Surf, Sturgill Simpson, Beachwood Sparks, My Girl the […]
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Aoife O’Donovan & Hawktail “America, Come” – acoustic friends

July 10, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
And if you’re thinking – sure is a lot of Aoife O’Donovan these days then all we can say is that yes, there is, and that’s a good thing.  An example of this musical productivity is […]

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Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

July 27, 2026 0
The Americana Music Association has announced that singer, songwriter and musical trailblazer Robert Plant will receive the Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th Annual Americana Honours & Awards, taking place on 16th September 2026, at […]
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Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”

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Posthumous studio album from literate Californian singer-songwriter turns dreams into songs, providing a fitting epitaph for one of life’s truly great maverick artists. The sub-zero temperatures that covered the bulk of the UK during the first […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”

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Several years ago, while still teaching, my morning routine took me to the local swimming pool at six thirty every morning, where I would pull on some awful budgie smugglers and swim a kilometre at a […]

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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

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End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]
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Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

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Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
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Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

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Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

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Having been residents of Americana-UK Towers for longer than we care to remember we were surprised when, having come back from a stroll in the grounds, we were asked at the door to The Bunker to […]

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