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AUK’s EP Round-Up – October 2025

October 24, 2025 Graeme Tait 2
So here we are in October, and the weather has finally turned autumnal. The gold and rustic leaves that for many weeks had adorned the trees that line the many streets and parks in my neighbourhood […]
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Sorrel Nation shares dates for her Autumn Vinyl tour

July 4, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Self-styled travelling troubadour Sorrel Nation certainly lives up to the billing having accomplished two successful UK wide tours in 2024, including her first ever solo tour in April and first full band tour in October to […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Ramblin’ Roots Revue, University of Bucks, 4th–6th April 2025 – Photo Feature

April 16, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Following on from Oliver Gray’s review of the Ramblin’ Roots Revue, AUK is happy to add this brief selection of photographs taken at the event by Paul Bevan. Featuring stage shots and some candid backstage photos […]
Sorrel Nation, live at Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire, - 23rd February 2025
Live Reviews

Live Review: Sorrel Nation, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 23rd February 2025

March 4, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
The first show of the new year at the Newbald Village Hall, and the first of a new venture for early evening Sunday concerts, with the doors opening at 4.30 pm and the gig commencing half […]
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Sorrel Nation announces dates for her (hopefully not) Lost En Route vinyl tour

January 29, 2025 Richard Parkinson 2
Singer-songwriter Sorrel Nation mixes folk-rock and country with a slice of soul. In 2024, she put out multiple new releases including a single featuring Steve Balsamo in May, the live EP “Thirty Summers” in July and […]

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Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

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Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

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Live Reviews

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

August 6, 2026 0
It was a hot night in the West End, but thankfully the air conditioning was cool at Denmark Street’s Lower Third. This was Joshua Ray Walker’s first show in London since recovering from stage 3 bowel […]
Album Reviews

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

August 6, 2026 0
A respectful and traditional tribute to Phil Ochs. Volume 1 of this collaborative tribute by Phil Odgers of The Men They Couldn’t Hang and John Kettle of Merry Hell was birthed in the dark days of […]
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Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

August 6, 2026 0
For more than two decades, Freddy Trujillo has quietly built one of the most distinctive careers in American roots music. Whether anchoring the rhythm section as bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines or as a […]

  • Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026
  • Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”
  • Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album
  • Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?
  • Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits
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  • Alan Peatfield: OK, Graeme - just one observation ... the obvious one. "As a songwriter he is right up there; on the…
  • Graeme Tait: Hi Alan. Glad you approve. It was an excellent gig.

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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

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Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Furthering John Hartford’s legacy by releasing unheard tunes into the Fiddleverse. This was a wide-ranging conversation with Katie Hartford Hogue talking about her experiences going through her late father John Hartford’s belongings and archives after his […]
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First new album in over a decade delivers just two new songs, plus two covers, with the remaining tracks comprising of reimagined previous releases. Having all but abandoned the idea of releasing any more albums, due […]
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Live Review: Hattie Whitehead + Tessa Rose Jackson + Edward Randell, St Pancras Old Church, London – 3rd April 2025

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The venue is always inspiring, with its design and operation as a fully functioning church set in a surprisingly green and peaceful enclave just minutes from St Pancras station and amidst the gritty inner-city locale of […]

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