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Videos

Video Premiere: Matt Owens & The Delusional Vanity Project “One For The Grapes”

December 6, 2023 Andrew Frolish 1
A fine songwriter and superb live performer, Matt Owens is the real deal and we’re delighted to premiere the new single ‘One for the Grapes’.  Bursting with energy and fuelled by searing, wailing electric guitar, this […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Saturday at Ramblin’ Roots Revue, Bucks Students’ Union, High Wycombe – 15th April 2023

April 28, 2023 Andrew Frolish 3
Saturday’s headliner at Ramblin’ Roots, Robert Vincent, told AUK: “It’s good to be back around everyone, seeing all these musicians together again.”  Indeed, there’s still a particular and renewed sense of the communal joy to be […]
Live Reviews

Live review: Seven Hills Spring Festival, Komedia, Bath – 19th March 2023

March 30, 2023 Ken Beveridge 0
Whatever happened to Noah & The Whale? Well, I am not sure about the rest of the band, but I can let readers know what original member and bass guitarist, Matt Owens, is currently up to. […]
Columns

Tim Martin: My Americana Year – 2022

December 8, 2022 Tim Martin 0
All through 2022 I’ve been banging on about what a great year it has been for new music. I looked back at the scores I’ve given and overall, they are higher than in 2021. Have I […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: Matt Owens & The Delusional Vanity Project, The Grapes, Bath – 25th November 2022

December 1, 2022 Tim Martin 0
Football has a lot to answer for. Not least a last-minute switch from the Chapel Arts Centre to a free, late gig at Matt Owens’ regular city centre haunt, The Grapes. AUK has been featuring “Small […]

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Classic Clip: Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas “The Boxer”— Library of Congress, Washington, 2007

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Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”

September 18, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]
Album Reviews

Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”

September 18, 2026 0
Journeyman comes full circle with an album of resonant covers that have been uniquely adapted throughout his career, tracing all the way back to his teenage days busking in Nashville. Benjamin Tod has been around the […]
Buddy Miller live
Live Reviews

Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026

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Opening for The War and Treaty at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Buddy Miller explained how he came to crash the party and thanked the headliners and support Avery Sunshine for indulging him. Miller had a call from […]

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  • Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”
  • Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026
  • Classic Clip: Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas “The Boxer”— Library of Congress, Washington, 2007
  • The Dreaming Spires and Annie Keating join forces for single and live dates
  • Kyle Jenkins “Palace”
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Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Rich Layton & Tough Town “Live To Rock” – Listen

June 18, 2019 0
With a title like ‘Live to Rock’ what else could the second single from Rich Layton & Tough Town’s new album ‘Salvation Road‘ be other than anthemic? Amongst soaring vocals and pounding drums take the time […]
Videos

Video: Scenic Route to Alaska “Daydreaming”

March 5, 2020 0
If you want a bit of summery rock ‘n’ roll to get you through the winter months, then ‘Daydreaming’ from the Scenic Route to Alaska is what you’re looking for.  It’s upbeat, rhythmic fun and the […]
Album Reviews

Malachi Vale “Swan Song” (Maisonnette, 2017)

August 15, 2017 0
Machai Vale is the pseudonym of Marc Gagnon, a Montreal native whose previous recorded output was with alt-punk-country-swing (it says here) outfit, Pipo Fiasco. Having no idea what alt-punk-country-swing is, it was hard to know what […]

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