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Live Review: Lucinda Williams + LA Edwards @ Celtic Connections, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall – 23rd January 2023

January 30, 2023 Cam Fraser 0
For the last 40 years, Lucinda Williams has shown herself to be one of the major figures in Americana. She has a string of well-respected albums that go back to the late 70s and she’s mentioned […]
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Live Review: The Hackles + Lizzie No @Celtic Connections, Drygate, Glasgow – 22nd January 2023

January 26, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
It’s testament to the pulling power of Celtic Connections, now in its 30th year, that a near-capacity crowd turned up to see The Hackles play their first-ever gig in Scotland even as elsewhere, the festival had […]
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Interview: The Hackles on bringing their Oregon sound to the UK for the first time

January 16, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
The Oregon-based duo are expanded to a trio on their first-ever UK tour including a prestigious slot at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival. This New Year opens on a much more positive note than the last one […]
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Preview: Celtic Connections 2023 kicks off this week celebrating its 30th year

January 16, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
Celtic Connections, Glasgow’s annual folk and roots music festival, opens its doors this Thursday, 19th January, for three weeks of concerts and events. It’s the first full-fledged festival since pandemic restrictions were ended. The festival moved […]
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From the AUK Archives: Margo Price + Aaron Lee Tasjan, Celtic Connections, Oran Mor, Glasgow: 24th January 2017

September 9, 2022 Clint West 0
This week’s delve into the AUK archive has unearthed this live review by long-time AUK writer Paul Kerr. Witnessing Margo Price’s first visit to Scotland our man is clearly extremely impressed. You can feel the excitement […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Rod MacDonald “American Jerusalem”

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When I first started subscribing to Americana UK back in 2016, it was like having all my birthdays and Christmas come at once, as it supplied me with a daily diet of everything happening in the […]
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The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”

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Artisanal roots music from Vermont’s Green Mountains. Kristina Stykos is a songwriter, musician, recording engineer and producer who has been a torchbearer for the music of the Green Mountain State since the 1980s. Her Pepperbox Studio […]
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Live Review: Emmylou Harris, The Farewell Tour, De Doelen Rotterdam – 20th May 2026

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Electrifying, scarily powerful and quietly charismatic to the last, Harris runs the rule one final time in Europe over her exceptionally long career. Perhaps one of the most touching moments of the Emmylou Harris Farewell Tour […]

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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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Video: Ben Hemming “Dark Waters”

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The beautifully-shot video for Ben Hemming’s new single is as atmospheric as the song itself, with images of Hemming emerging from the water and, later, talking to himself, serving to reinforce the mood and feel of […]
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Chris Smither “All About the Bones”

May 3, 2024 0
A rather stunning album from this soon-to-be octogenarian, his songwriting and playing talents as yet undimmed. You might be inclined to overlook Chris Smither when the names of the great singer-songwriters of the last fifty years […]
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Video Premiere: Joe Wilkes “When I Was a Young Boy”

March 9, 2026 0
Be absorbed by the video premiere of Joe Wilkes’ nostalgic, timeless new single, When I was a Young Boy. Over gorgeously intricate acoustic guitar, Wilkes’ voice ranges high and low, following a haunting melody. His characterful […]

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