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Album artwork for Ian M Bailey's album Lost In A Sound, 2025.
Album Reviews

Ian M Bailey “Lost In A Sound”

March 7, 2025 Daisy Innes 0
An impressive ten-track musical trip through a starry desert night. As with previous releases from Lancashire-based Ian M Bailey, the psychedelic cosmic country influences of greats like Gram Parsons and David Crosby are evident on “Lost […]
Album Reviews

Ian M. Bailey “We Live In Strange Times”

December 15, 2023 Paul Kerr 1
Ian M Bailey travels further into 1960s sounds, more nuanced as he progresses No stranger to these pages now, Ian M. Bailey forges on ahead in his reclamation of multilayered tones from the hallowed 60s’ heyday […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Ian M Bailey

October 4, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0
One of reviewing’s most appealing aspects is discovering artists I have never heard before. AUK have opened my ears to many such musicians but one who made a deep impression both instantly and lasting is Ian […]
Album Reviews

Various Artists “Sounds of the North West”

June 29, 2023 Helen Jones 2
A compilation that shines a deserving spotlight on some great emerging and more established talent from the North West of England. There is, it has been noticed, a high volume of AUK writers from the North […]
Album Reviews

Ian M Bailey “Songs To Dream Along To”

November 4, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 0
Lush, melodic harmonies with roots in 1960s California. Ian M Bailey’s 12 string Rickenbacker, rich melodies and harmonies will take you straight back to The Byrds and CSN. If these are his most definitive influences on […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2
The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
Album Reviews

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0
The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

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Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
  • Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers
  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
  • Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026
  • Clayton Denwood “Looking for a Road”
  • Ferris & Sylvester “The Game” – going back to the beginning
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Live Reviews

Live Review: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, Union Chapel Islington – 11th May 2023

May 23, 2023 0
There are unarguably few more prominent figures in the world of folk, roots and americana than Rhiannon Giddens. Twenty or so minutes into tonight’s Union Chapel gig, Giddens can only take a step back to accept […]
Videos

Video Premiere: The Great North Special “Love, Service, Devotion”

May 19, 2022 0
Now, this is music to lose yourself in.  ‘Love, Service, Devotion’ is a six-minute sonic journey that grows and and changes, moving through stages in which different instruments come to the fore.  Most notably, Albert Margolis […]
Previews

Gypsyfingers tour with their folk, rock and trip-hop!

November 7, 2018 0
Well this is an unusual one. Gypsyfingers describe themselves as “an ethereal folk-rock band” founded by songwriter Victoria Coghlan and producer Luke Oldfield (Metronomy, The Wytches, The Last Dinosaur). Victoria’s classical training and love of dance […]

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