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Kashena Sampson “Rearview Mirror” – mirror, signal, manouevre

July 31, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
The new album from Kashena Sampson “Ghost Of Me” sees the powerhouse country singer taking a new direction, moving into something of a Fleetwood Mac territory.  It’s something that Sampson wanted to do – as she […]
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Kashena Sampson “Whole Lot Better” – Listen to the welcome return of a great voice

June 10, 2021 Jonathan Aird 2
All those who saw Kashena Sampson’s first UK appearances in 2019 will have been asking themselves “when’s the next tour?” and “when’s the next album?”  We can answer the second of those – ‘Time Machine‘ will […]
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Kashena Sampson – UK dates in support of debut album ‘Wild Heart’

May 29, 2018 Mark Underwood 0
Following her successful performance at the UK Americana Awards showcase back in January, new Nashville singer-songwriter Kashena Sampson hits these shores at the end of the month to help promote her debut album ‘Wild Heart’ which came […]
Live Reviews

Kashena Sampson, Paper Dress Vintage, London, 31st January 2018

February 5, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
It was a night when downtown Hackney was thronged with hordes of Americana loving music fans – it was, in fact, the night of the Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) Conference music showcase. Dozens of artists […]

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Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

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Track Premiere: Bill Scorzari “Open Door”

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Video: Jay Buchanan “Sway” – always wanting to do it better

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Album Reviews

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

March 23, 2026 0
An ambitious debut album that bravely tackles some very British subjects with an americana-folk twang. The genre may be americana – and America is most certainly struggling with its own set of problems right now – […]
Album Reviews

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”

March 23, 2026 0
An album with some credible moments and interesting songs which lay the foundations for his solo career. Country music can divide opinion at the best of times. It’s praised for its tropes and cliches as often […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 228 “Don’t Panic”

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The last three weeks have been a struggle. The events in the Middle East have been horrific in their scale and scope. These are events of global significance, and if we didn’t know it then, we […]

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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”

March 11, 2026 2
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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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2
At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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Magoo “Can’t You Hear That Train” – woo-woo, chuff-chuff

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Here’s a quandary to contemplate – if Magoo are a progressive bluegrass band, and they do seem to be such, how come the train they sing about on Can’t You Hear That Train is producing a […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Grace Pettis

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Like so many recording artists, Grace Pettis comes from a musical family of which her dad, Pierce Pettis, is a well-known country music performer. Similarly, she was raised in the small town of Mentone, Alabama and […]
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Video: Jeffrey Martin and Willy Tea Taylor “Finding the Heart” Mini-Documentary

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We have something a little different for today’s daily video.  In May 2022, filmmaker Marc Levy followed Jeffrey Martin and Willy Tea Taylor while they went on tour.  He captured something of their lives on the […]

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