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Video: Katie Spencer “Cypress & Bog Oak” / “Stranger”

January 13, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

The musicianship on display in this live recording is simply stunning. Recorded in Tom Sands’ studio, Katie Spencer is accompanied by the gifted Max Clilverd, whose pedal steel is sublime. The blend of Clilverd’s subtle, haunting […]

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Katie Spencer “What Love Is”

January 5, 2026 Jonny Brick 0

Acoustic folk full of sophistication and style. Katie Spencer, from Humberside, has released a delightful third album full of melody and guitar-picking. Some might refer to this as a headphones record, and it’s also one to […]

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Live Review: John Smith + Katie Spencer, St Stephen’s Church, Ipswich – 31st October 2025

November 12, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

When John Smith took to the stage at St Stephen’s Church in Ipswich, the atmosphere shifted from reverent silence to quiet anticipation. With just his voice and guitar, under the glittering fairy lights that illuminated the […]

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The first artists for this summer’s 15th Gate To Southwell Festival in Nottinghamshire from July 14th to 17th have been announced. Rising star Katherine Priddy is performing at the festival for the first time, while Truckstop […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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AUK’s EP Round-Up October 2023

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It’s that time again and here’s a round-up of this month’s EP releases. And to prove that americana music doesn’t have to be made in Nashville or Muskogee, this month we have music recorded in Winterthur […]

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Andrew Farriss “Andrew Farriss”

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Clean-cut pop ditties laced with deftly produced, occasionally mawkish Americana. Memorably insipid. When the co-founder and primary songwriter of a band as famous as INXS makes an Americana album, it’s fairly predictable that even mainstream media […]

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Video: The Hanging Stars “Honeywater”

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The new single from London’s Hanging Stars is just lovely cosmic americana and the video matches it perfectly.  It all bodes very well indeed for their next album Songs For Somewhere Else, out on February 9th […]

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