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Video Premiere: Ardentjohn “Into The Night”

August 26, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
Into The Night is Ardentjohn’s second single of the year, following the energetic Hey Boy. It’s another song perfect for your late-summer soundtrack. Waves and layers of sound immerse you immediately, beginning with Seth Marron’s rolling, […]
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Ardentjohn “Hey Boy” – doing all right in the sunshine

April 14, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
And, not for the first time we want to say “Hey Girl, Superstar DJs…here we go“, but let’s not fall into that cliché.  Especially when it would be so inappropriate since what we have here is […]

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Dave Alvin - Promo shot for album Eleven Eleven - January 2010

Anniversary Cheers: Dave Alvin “Blackjack David” celebrates 28 years

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Maddie Medley “Fawn’s Enemy”

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Remedy Tree “Train To Folkston” – we’re not in Kent anymore…

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Video: Jack Barksdale “Battleground” Feat. Julian Taylor – the ills of money, power and influence

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Album Reviews

Bruce Cockburn “The Blood of Others”

October 14, 2026 0
An homage to the songs that shaped his long life, award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar maestro releases his 39th album. If you were asked to vote in a poll of the most activist artists in […]
Dave Alvin - Promo shot for album Eleven Eleven - January 2010
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Anniversary Cheers: Dave Alvin “Blackjack David” celebrates 28 years

October 14, 2026 0
Dave Alvin’s Blackjack David, one of the great americana albums and now with added tracks, gets the Craft Recordings treatment. Hightone Records and Craft Recordings, celebrating its 40th anniversary, are in the process of re-releasing iconic […]
artwork for Maddie Medley album Fawn's Enemy
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Maddie Medley “Fawn’s Enemy”

October 14, 2026 0
Original and challenging debut album of experimental indie-folk. Most likely Maddie Medley will be a new name to AUK’s esteemed audience, as it was to this reviewer. Her songwriting and captivating performances caught the eye of […]

  • Bruce Cockburn “The Blood of Others”
  • Anniversary Cheers: Dave Alvin “Blackjack David” celebrates 28 years
  • Maddie Medley “Fawn’s Enemy”
  • Remedy Tree “Train To Folkston” – we’re not in Kent anymore…
  • Video: Jack Barksdale “Battleground” Feat. Julian Taylor – the ills of money, power and influence
  • More People Really Should Know About: Roseanne Reid
  • Prinz Grizzley “Tilda”
  • Live Review: Emilia Quinn + Sophie Rose + Finola, Thornton Hough Village Club, Wirral – 25th September 2026
  • Interview: Wesley Stace “I’m never satisfied with my artistic output”
  • Sean Burns “Better Off In Time & Other Songs For The Dance Floor”
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Interview: Wesley Stace “I’m never satisfied with my artistic output”

October 13, 2026 0
Since his birth in Sussex in 1965, Wesley Stace has become a man of all colours, releasing 21 albums (17 under the nom de auteur-interprète John Wesley Harding), writing four books, organising the Cabinet of Wonders […]
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]

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William Elliot Whitmore “I’m With You” (Bloodshot Records, 2020)

October 12, 2020 0
William Elliott Whitmore’s  ‘I’m With You’  is his first release of original material since 2015’s “Radium Death (ANTI-)”, and features energetic banjo playing, stomping bass drum sounds and some neat fiddle playing.  The most representative song […]
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Red Rooster announce their 2021 line-up

April 12, 2021 0
Following a difficult start to 2021, Red Rooster have announced their line-up for this year’s festival which will take place on 27th-29th August 2021 in the grounds of Euston Hall, Suffolk. And hey it ends before […]
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Neilson Hubbard “Digging up the Scars”

May 6, 2021 0
Nashville man-behind-the scenes steps into the light. Neilson Hubbard is a creative force to be reckoned with. His first band, The Living Hand, toured with The Counting Crows and The Wallflowers; He has had, not including […]

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