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Oh no, I don’t recall, I can’t remember anything at all – Jon Aird’s 2025 year in review

December 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
What a year 2025 has been, musically speaking.  There’s been a lot outside of music that has been…hmm, disappointing – one way or another.  No one was really expecting the dawn of a new socialist utopia, […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Nora Brown And Stephanie Coleman + Spitzer Space Telescope, The Round Chapel, London – 21st November 2025

December 4, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Walking through the icy rain in Hackney towards The Round Chapel, one comforting thought was that this was going to be the best of times – Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman are top-notch Old Time players […]
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Cambridge Folk Festival announces second list of acts for 2024

March 25, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
The  Cambridge Folk Festival has announced its second tranche of acts for the 2024 event, including several names to whet the appetite of fans of Americana. Following their shows with the 2024 Transatlantic Sessions, banjo/ fiddle […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman, The Green Note, London – 30th June 2023

July 17, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
The Green Note was presenting a hotly anticipated appearance by the duo of Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman, who have been playing together, on occasions, for at least five years.  Stephanie is a talented fiddle player […]
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Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman “Lady Of The Lake” – you fill in the Monty Python reference

July 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Something truly special for this Wednesday afternoon AUKIBS (that’s the Americana UK Instrumental Bonanza Slot in case you were wondering).  The duo of Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman have an EP, of which this is the […]

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Folk Roundup – Anna McLuckie, Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell, Emily Portman, Gareth Davies-Jones, Lady Maisery and Jimmy Alkdridge & Sid Goldsmith, Old Spot, Songs of the Folk

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Video Premiere: Michael McDermott “The Best We Get” – only focus on what is in your control

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Folk Roundup – Anna McLuckie, Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell, Emily Portman, Gareth Davies-Jones, Lady Maisery and Jimmy Alkdridge & Sid Goldsmith, Old Spot, Songs of the Folk

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With springtime now upon us, it is time to delve into some of the recent folk and roots music embracing these warmer, albeit not always drier, times. A plethora of new releases landed in the inbox […]
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Deer Tick “ACI” – a place for porridge

May 7, 2026 0
And what, you may ask, is an ACI?  Adult Correctional Institutions – or, if you prefer, a prison.  On this latest release from Deer Tick’s new album Coin-O-Matic we find the band in Springsteen’s Nebraska or […]
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Video Premiere: Michael McDermott “The Best We Get” – only focus on what is in your control

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The new single from Chicago singer-songwriter Michael McDermott is a typically catchy song that immediately hooks you in with big chords and big choruses. Opening with bright, uplifting guitar, The Best We Get is a driving […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
Interviews

Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Jesca Hoop, Lail Arad, Olivia Chaney take Mitchell to the masses following their Roundhouse triumph.

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Following the glorious debut at The Roundhouse’s ‘In The Round’ Festival in April, ‘The Songs of Joni Mitchell’ will be performed by the three artists and colleagues in Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow this September. The original […]
Tracks

Straw Bear “Venetian Gothic” – Listen

November 23, 2017 0
Taken from their forthcoming album “Fiction” set for an early 2018 release, indie folksters Straw Bear have released the first track Venetian Gothic, a beautifully-crafted, guitar-drenched gem. The band, whose fans include Cerys Mathews, Bob Harris and Tom Robinson (the […]
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Album Reviews

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – June 2025

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