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Something for the weekend: First Aid Kit “Ready to Run”

November 11, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dearest of readers. Hope you enjoyed reading your own choices for the best albums of the 21st century yesterday which prove that we are all basically on the same […]

Videos

Something for the weekend: First Aid Kit “Angel”

July 1, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week. If you’re an AUK supporter, your new playlist for the month will be landing in your inbox around 5pm today. If you’re not, come and join us! […]

Features

Classic Clips: Conor Oberst (with First Aid Kit & Dawes) “Lua” – Cardinal Sessions, Haldern Pop Special

October 29, 2021 Cam Fraser 0

Conor Oberst is joined by First Aid Kit for an achingly lovely, sunlit version of a Bright Eyes classic. High on my list of things I’d like to do once normal life resumes properly… oh, […]

Videos

Video: Maja Francis Feat. First Aid Kit “Mama”

October 22, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Lyrically sincere and heartfelt, ‘Mama’ is a deeply personal song and video from the Stockholm singer-songwriter Maja Francis.  A creator of shimmering country with a pop influences, Francis has been referred to as an ‘Emo […]

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Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 14

April 14, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 3

The festivals are all jostling for space at the end of August and beginning of September. Your correspondent filled with optimism and a sense of possibilities finds himself attending two festivals in consecutive weeks if […]

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  • Aoife O’Donovan “I Love You But I’m Lost” – Aoife sings Van Etten
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  • AUK Shortcuts, January 2023 : Sam Shackleton, Trophy Mules, Henry Luthor, Graham Nicholas … – Americana UK: […] Sam Shackleton follows up his impressive debut, ‘Causeway Recordings’ with a six-song EP, ‘Scottish Folk Ballads of Freedom’, comprised…
  • Aoife O’Donovan “I Love You But I’m Lost” – Aoife sings Van Etten – Americana UK: […] disc to the expanded deluxe version of ‘Age Of Apathy‘. Everything we’ve said before about Aoife O’Donovan holds true…

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H.C. McEntire “Every Acre”

January 30, 2023 0

An excellent collection of songs that both challenges and sounds familiar. It wouldn’t be an understatement to say expectations for H.C.McEntire’s third solo album, ‘Every Acre’, were high after two entries in end of year […]

Album Reviews

Tim Easton “North American Songwriter Vol. 1 and 2”

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Unplugged and raw – Close your eyes and let Easton transport you to a better, gentler world. Born in Ohio but now living in Nashville. Easton describes himself as a dyed-in-the-wool troubadour.  In the mode […]

Album Reviews

Daniel Antopolsky “Old Timey, Soulful, Hippy-Dippy, Flower Child Songs from the Cosmos… Wow! (Unheard Songs of the Early 1970s, Part Two)”

January 26, 2023 0

Original Outlaw Country era survivor revisits songs written on the global hippy trail. The story of Daniel Antopolsky’s friendship with Townes Van Zandt and his brief but formative time at the emergence of what became […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 2

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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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 20

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. […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit + His Lordship, O2 Apollo, Manchester – 18th November 2022

November 22, 2022 18

AUK’s Clint West sees Jason Isbell complete a journey from small venue troubadour to the first modern americana superstar. On November 25th 2013 Jason Isbell played at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge in support of his newly […]

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

Live Reviews
January 30, 2023 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 […]

AUK Shortcuts, January 2023 : Sam Shackleton, Trophy Mules, Henry Luthor, Graham Nicholas …

Features
January 30, 2023 0

Our latest Short Cuts, an occasional feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music […]

Aoife O’Donovan “I Love You But I’m Lost” – Aoife sings Van Etten

Tracks
January 30, 2023 0

Another song from ‘The Apathy Sessions‘ which forms a companion disc to the expanded deluxe version of ‘Age Of Apathy‘. Everything we’ve said before about Aoife O’Donovan holds true for this song.  Just enjoy it, […]

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H.C. McEntire “Every Acre”

Album Reviews
January 30, 2023 0

An excellent collection of songs that both challenges and sounds familiar. It wouldn’t be an understatement to say expectations for H.C.McEntire’s third solo album, ‘Every Acre’, were high after two entries in end of year […]

Kirsten Adamson

Video: Kirsten Adamson “My Father’s Songs”

Videos
January 30, 2023 1

Check out the latest single from singer-songwriter Kirsten Adamson.  Kirsten is the daughter of Big Country’s Stuart Adamson and this is a deeply personal, heartbreaking song about reconnecting with her late father and coming to […]

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