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Small Venue Heroes – Chuck Prophet

April 21, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 6

Chuck Prophet has been a regular feature of the live scene in the UK for over 30 years and although I have seen him several times, each of those time is joyous celebration of the […]

Live Reviews

Festival Review: South By South West Festival – Austin, Texas 15th–18th March, 2022

March 29, 2022 Oliver Gray 4

After reviewing the streamed version of SXSW for AUK last year, our roving reporter Oliver Gray returns to Austin to get up close and personal. The trauma of sorting out all the paperwork leading up […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 44

February 1, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

A glimpse of times to come. Phew, January’s a bastard. It’s cold, dark, hungover from December’s increasingly desperate joyousness and in the case of school, full of people shuffling from class to class coughing, wheezing […]

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Jason Isbell, Kris Kristofferson among the names releasing vinyl this Record Store Day

September 17, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

This November sees the return of the “Black Friday” Record Store Day and this year the list of releases has something to delight any Americana fan. Among the vinyl being released are some rare live […]

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Obituaries

The Song Remains: Nanci Griffith 1953 – 2021

August 16, 2021 Martin Johnson 2

Literate songwriter, sublime singer and interpreter, role model and activist. News of Nanci Griffith’s death on 13th August has caused a level of shock and sadness throughout the music community that truly reflects her standing […]

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Drunken Prayer “The Name Of The Ghost Is Home”

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Drunken Prayer comes up with an album any Americana fan can call their own, drunk or sober. How would one categorise “modern Americana’? A straw poll might elicit a myriad of answers from the millions […]

Album Reviews

Terry Allen “Smokin The Dummy/Bloodlines”

May 26, 2022 0

Reissues of two classic albums, presented with a great deal of care and consideration. In what increasingly seems to be a labour of love, independent label Paradise of Bachelors follow on from their acclaimed reissues […]

Album Reviews

The Low Drift “The Low Drift”

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Wanderings in a musical landscape. The Low Drift is a musical collaboration between Emma Thorpe, Matt Hill, and Huw Costin, with guidance from psychogeographers Jane Samuels and Morag Rose, which through song explores landscape and […]

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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 […]

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Introducing ‘The Twang Factor’ – AUK’s showcase for new artists

September 17, 2020 2

Another reminder about this one everyone! At AUK we are firm believers in supporting new talent, especially in the current difficult environment. We are therefore putting our money where our mouth is by introducing ‘The […]

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This website kills fascists – Vote for hope today

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Today dear reader is one of the most important days for this country that we’ve faced in decades, certainly since 1979. I wrote a piece a couple of years ago on the day of 2017’s […]

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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Sean Hannam

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Choose my top 10 americana albums of the 21st century? Tough call. To make it easier on myself, I tried not to deliberate too long on what would make the cut  – there was no […]

Interview: Cristina Vane on fuelling her brand of country blues with ’90s indie

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May 26, 2022 0

How a lifetime of travel can influence and inspire. Cristina Vane had a late one last night. It might be a civilised time on a sunny spring afternoon in the UK for Paul Gibson, but […]

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Video: Larkin Poe “Bad Spell”

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May 26, 2022 0

Leather jacket swagger from the Lovell sisters. This fierce blues rock barnburner from Larkin Poe conjures arena strutting 70’s rockers and the first wave of British blues in the 60’s.  ‘Bad Spell’ is the first […]

Dawes announce new album “Misadventures of Doomscroller”

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May 26, 2022 0

Listen to the opening track from it below. In news of possibly the best album title of the year so far, LA’s Dawes have announced details of their new album ‘Misadventures of Doomscroller’ which lands […]

Drunken Prayer “The Name Of The Ghost Is Home”

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May 26, 2022 0

Drunken Prayer comes up with an album any Americana fan can call their own, drunk or sober. How would one categorise “modern Americana’? A straw poll might elicit a myriad of answers from the millions […]

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