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“I’ll Take You There” documentary premieres today on YouTube

March 12, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
Alabama’s Musical and Civil Rights legacy takes centre stage in a brand new documentary film entitled I’ll Take You There: Discovering the Sound of Alabama, which premieres today at 8 pm GMT on YouTube. The cast […]
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Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival, 1st-5th October

September 25, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
The 19th annual Glasgow Americana festival will take place at various places around the city between 1st and 5th October 2025  with a mixture of some familiar and new faces. There will be over 40 musicians […]
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AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – August 2025

August 22, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Welcome to August’s edition of the Monthly EPs Round-Up, where we run a sagacious eye over this month’s crop of new releases. And what a bumper crop we have to harvest this month, with no less […]
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Live Review: Americana Music Association UK Awards, Hackney Church, London, 23rd January 2025

February 14, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
And at last the bad weather had arrived. After a couple of nights at the Evening Music Showcases where there had been a distinct absence of snow or even rain and things had barely been chilly […]
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AMAUK Awards 2025 winners announced

January 24, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0
The winners of the UK Americana Awards 2025 were revealed last night at an apparently glittering ceremony at Hackney Church, London. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings scooped Best International Album and Single awards for “Woodland” and […]

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Nic Panken “Near Divine or Merely Rhyme”

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Nic Panken “Near Divine or Merely Rhyme”

April 8, 2026 0
Nic Panken finds a balance and searches for the divine on his first solo project. Nic Panken is a member of the Brooklyn-based band Spirit Family Reunion. This is Panken’s debut solo album and is a […]
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Book Review: Geoffrey Himes “Willie Nelson, All the Albums” The Stories Behind The Music

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This book is a thing of beauty. From its presentation to the wonderful array of historical photographs inside, it is a volume to treasure. Author Geoffrey Himes wrote about music every week in the Washington Post […]
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AUK Shortcuts: Jefferson Ross, Old Sap, Tuomas Räisänen, James Houlahan, David Coller, Joel Robson, Matthew Ryan, Sammi Accola, and Mills & Farrell

April 8, 2026 0
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently, which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, […]

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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Rioghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Rioghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

April 7, 2026 0
In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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Slaid Cleaves “Ghost on the Car Radio” (Proper Records 2017)

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Slaid Cleaves releases his first album since 2013’s “Still Fighting the War” and it has to be said that the four-year wait has been worthwhile as “Ghost on the Car Radio” is an outstanding return. Born […]
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Essentials: The top ten Drive-By Truckers tracks

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Ali Sperry “In Front of Us”

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Polished but ultimately unremarkable new album from Nashville based singer-songwriter. Singer-songwriter Ali Sperry in many ways typifies the kind of literate artist that is attracted to take up residence in Nashville. Her songs are well-written and […]

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