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Live Review: Maya de Vitry + Joel Timmons, Green Note, London – 21st April 2024

April 25, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
An unusually cold April evening saw a good-sized crowd gathering at the Green Note on a Sunday evening to see the return of Maya De Vitry to North London. De Vitry, accompanied on guitars and backing […]
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Lauren Morrow “People Talk” – the chattering classes

May 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
On the title track from her new album Lauren Morrow pretty much skewers the endless drift of meaningless and thoughtless chatter that the world is full of: “people talk a big game when they need someone […]
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Live Review: Julian Taylor + Shaun O’Reilly, Green Note, London, 5th February 2023

February 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Another chance to see Julian Taylor in London just a week after his first European appearance with a short set at Moth Club was too good an opportunity to pass on.   A multiple Juno nominee, Julian […]
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Luke Tuchscherer to release new album “Widows & Orphans” in April

February 15, 2023 Emily Dongray 0
Singer-songwriter Luke Tuchscherer has announced his delayed fifth album ‘Widows & Orphans’ will finally be coming out on the 21st of April this year on Clubhouse Records. Originally written in 2017, the album contains singles ‘Broken […]
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Live review: Rachael Sage + Fiona Harte – Green Note, Camden, London 17th August 2022

August 26, 2022 David Chalfen 0
With a back catalogue of  14 albums spanning across almost three decades, tonight’s act has no shortage of material and whilst her own press release labels her as alternative pop, to this reviewer’s ears her oeuvre […]

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There are very few artists who are as consistently excellent across a whole career as Lyle Lovett. He marries sharp, witty observations with immaculate musicianship, starting with his eponymous debut record and going right up to […]
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AUK’s EP Round-Up – March 2026

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Here we are in March, and spring has well and truly sprung in this part of the northern hemisphere, after what had felt like endless weeks of grey days and continuous precipitation. So, what better way […]
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Vaiano’s Paisanos “Abrew’s Portuguese Jazz” – it’s not jazz…

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Well, here we are, on the inelegantly and easily misconstrued hump day afternoon, wondering once more when, oh when, oh when will Americana UK bring us a new instrumental track to ease our cares and slide […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 0
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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The Long wait is over as Sid Griffin unveils his first solo work in ten years

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It’s been a ‘Journey’! “The Journey From Grape To Raisin” is the first solo album from Americana stalwart Sid Griffin in ten years and will be released on 27th September via Label 51 and we’re getting […]
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Video: Bandits on the Run “You Have Changed”

March 13, 2023 0
The latest single from Brooklyn-based trio Bandits on the Run is a song of lost love, of coming to terms with the end of a relationship and the struggle to move on from heartbreak.  The quality […]
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This State of the Union is a very fine thing and they’re out on tour!

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Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams aka State of the Union, are out on tour creating their  “magical, stripped  back and enthralling musical atmosphere” as usual with just two guitars and two voices. The two formed their […]

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