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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Andy Raw

September 7, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

I am conscious that some of my choices for my Top 10 americana artists may be a bit different from other AUK writers. I confess that I am a relative newcomer to the genre having had […]

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The Twelve Days of the SXSW Lineup: Four Open Roads

December 15, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

The first and second waves of the 37th annual Texan showcase of new music SXSW lineup have been released, and once again, it looks to be the sound of tomorrow. The festival runs a full six […]

Live Reviews

Festival Review: South By South West Festival – Austin, Texas 15th–18th March, 2022

March 29, 2022 Oliver Gray 4

After reviewing the streamed version of SXSW for AUK last year, our roving reporter Oliver Gray returns to Austin to get up close and personal. The trauma of sorting out all the paperwork leading up to […]

Live Reviews

SXSW 2019, Austin, Texas, 8th-16th March 2019

March 28, 2019 Oliver Gray 3

One piece of received wisdom regarding SXSW,  the sprawling music showcase held annually in Austin, is that it has become over-corporate and is no longer worth attending for an Americana fan. This I would refute strongly. […]

Live Reviews

South By Southwest Festival 2018, Austin, Texas

March 29, 2018 Oliver Gray 0

The annual jamboree that is Austin’s South by Southwest Festival plows on with over two thousand artists descending on the town for a week long binge and that’s just the music. With film, gaming and politics […]

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  • Preview: Fanny Lumsden announces UK and Ireland tour dates
  • Live Review: William Tyler + Natalie Wildgoose, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London – 4th June 2025
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  • Kyshona “More In Common” – people, that’s us
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Interview: The Brother Brothers – What’s going on?

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This interview took place just before The Brother Brothers left the US for a tour in Australia, which was cancelled when David Moss passed out while swimming in the surf and nearly drowned. You know we’ve […]

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Interview: Caleb Caudle values endurance and radical empathy

June 3, 2025 0

Caleb Caudle has been making music for longer than you might guess since the night he walked up to an open mic night, sat down and strummed his first chord in a live setting. He sings […]

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Interview: Chatham Rabbits can pull from a hatful of songs

May 28, 2025 1

It’s hard to pin down and stamp a genre like a Notary Public would on Chatham Rabbits. The husband-and-wife duo of Austin and Sarah McCombie started out in bluegrass and old-timey music, but they have taken […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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