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Greazy Alice “Circles” – it all comes round again

October 29, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
A wild guess might identify Greazy Alice as a blues-rock band, maybe with a truckin’ vibe about them.  Couldn’t be more wrong – Greazy Alice is the recording moniker of New Orleans songwriter Alex Pianovich, and […]
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AUK Podcast 4 featuring Evan Westfall (Caamp) is now live

October 27, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
The latest AUK Podcast features an interview with multi-instrumentalist and founder member of Caamp, Evan Westfall. We talk Canada, touring songwriting, and being in a band. There are also new tracks from Horsebath, The Gasoline Gypsies, […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: The Long Road Festival, Stanford Hall, Lutterworth – 22nd-24th August 2025

September 25, 2025 David Jarman 0
My preview of a couple of weeks back noted that the Long Road Festival is an annual fixture in my diary, and this year‘s line-up promised much. The festival now boasts six stages – adding the […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 192 “Blood”

August 1, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Every three months or so, depending on circumstances, health, or holiday, I go and give blood. It has always seemed like a good thing to do, costs me nothing but a bit of time… and a […]

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Live Review: Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle + Junior Brother + Sam Grassie, EartH, London – 3rd September 2026

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Be Good Tanyas release 25th Anniversary vinyl edition of debut album “Blue Horse”

September 15, 2026 0
Twenty-five years after The Be Good Tanyas introduced their singular take on folk music to the world, the celebrated Vancouver group has announced a special 25th anniversary edition of their debut album, Blue Horse, arriving November […]
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Cody Landress-Gibson “Music To Get By On”

September 15, 2026 0
From punk to pedal steel, the Chattanooga storyteller lays bare the challenges of a tough year. This is a short, impactful record. Cody Landress-Gibson cuts to the chase and burrows into our hearts. His gut-twisting lyrics […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle + Junior Brother + Sam Grassie, EartH, London – 3rd September 2026

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An Autumnal return to EartH (Experimental Arts Hackney) for a remarkable line-up in the converted cinema main hall.  Pentangle were one of the big four of British folk-rock bands alongside Fairport, Steeleye Span and the Incredible […]

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  • Live Review: Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle + Junior Brother + Sam Grassie, EartH, London – 3rd September 2026
  • Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”
  • Hollow Hand takes Wish Road South out on the… apologies for this… road
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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This is a wonderful time to be a Bruce Springsteen fan. Previously unheard material and enhanced re-releases abound, giving a remarkable insight into his writing and recording process, as well as a glimpse into an alternate […]

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