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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Number 2 – Wilco “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” (2001)

October 20, 2022 Clint West 1
As we reach the final two in our list there was never any doubt that Wilco’s masterpiece was going to feature heavily. Indeed it appeared in many our writers individual Top 10’s. Ljubinko Zivkovic, making it […]
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Classic Clips: Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy “You’re Not Alone” – The Loft, Chicago, 2010

October 14, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0
Mavis Staples is one of American music’s national treasures. She is someone with both the voice and enthusiasm that if she sung the telephone directory, it would still sound wonderfully soulful and be utterly transfixing. Having […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 66

September 27, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
It’s funny the things you do… As a pastoral leader (unpack that one if you dare)  in a school you spend a lot of time developing empathetic relationships with pupils in order to gain an understanding […]
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Courtney Marie Andrews announces tour with release of new single

September 14, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Courtney Marie Andrews has announced two short tours which start with a run of in-store appearances in Leeds in October, followed by a series of dates in March. The Grammy-nominated and critically-acclaimed songwriter has shared a […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century – Cam Fraser

July 21, 2022 Cam Fraser 0
As has been said by others tasked with making this list, it has been really difficult. It’s an utterly subjective list and tomorrow I might feel quite differently about what albums did or didn’t make the […]

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Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

May 8, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop outfit who have announced details of their new album Punching The Clown which […]
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Album Reviews

Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”

May 8, 2026 0
The first great, breezy, summer “pop” record is here, from a self-described “Americanish” band with an old-country soul. Much like their previous efforts, High Horse, by Cowtown’s Cut Throat Finches, defies easy categorisation. Is it a […]
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Zoh Amba to tour Europe and UK in autumn 2026

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Zoh Amba, who previously announced their Matador debut album, Eyes Full, which is out on 5th June 2026, has shared details of a run of UK and European tour dates. The European leg kicks off on […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Fiver “Soundtrack to A More Radiant Sphere: The Joe Wallace Mixtape”

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A soundtrack of primitive folk songs and atmospheric instrumentals Fiver is essentially one of the many avenues Toronto’s Simone Schmidt uses to pursue her musical journey, quite a fascinating one as it turns out with her […]
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Video Premiere: Kelly Augustine “Second Chances”

March 13, 2019 0
This is from Denver-based Kelly Augustine’s new album ‘Light In The Lowlands’, out on April 5th and available to pre-order now here: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1452712423.  It’s a lovely, warm and intimate song and we like it a lot.
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Book Review: Kristina R. Gaddy and Rhiannon Giddens “Go Back And Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music In The Americas For Fiddle and Banjo”

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Kristina R. Gaddy is a Swedish-American writer who has researched and written hard-hitting non-fiction books. Notably, “A Most Perilous World: The True Story of the Young Abolitionists and Their Crusade Against Slavery” and “Flowers In The […]

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