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AUK Back Pages No. 17

August 8, 2025 Paul Kerr 1
Happy New Year! A new year and a new cover design for the monthly compilation CDs sent out to Friends of AUK (for a mere pittance in return). Unlike earlier years where the cover art remained […]
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Neil Bob Herd & The Dirty Little Acoustic Band “Every Soul A Story” (Cattlecall Music 2020)

February 13, 2020 Alan Fitter 0
‘Every Soul A Story’ is the debut solo album from Neil Bob Herd, the former lead singer and guitarist of Alt Bluegrass band, The Coal Porters and an eclectic mix it is. Herd is ably backed […]

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Top 10 UK Americana Albums of all time: John Lee

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So today we start a new Top 10 feature, to find the best UK Americana album as voted by our writers – and we are up for the challenge and the weeks of bickering which lie […]
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Live Review: The Long Road Festival, Stanford Hall Leicestershire, 27th-30th August 2026

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The Long Road Festival at Stanford Hall, Lutterworth, is a long-standing favourite, spanning the breadth of country and Americana – and beyond! After such a long hot summer, it seemed inevitable that the August bank holiday […]
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Penelope Isles “3”

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Lush airy floatiness abounds as the siblings from the hippest city in the UK make it a hat trick. There is a floaty, gentle quality to this album.  The vocals appear to understate yet fully capture […]

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

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

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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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