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A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember: Orange Juice, The Go-Betweens, The Marine Girls, Lyceum Theatre, London, 1983

August 31, 2021 David Cowling 0
Thinking about memorable gigs for this piece, there were a couple that I considered; Bitch Magnet in Birmingham (probably Edward’s No. 8) that damaged my hearing for good or Buffalo Tom in the same city and […]
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Shuffle: Australia – Part 2

August 20, 2021 David Cowling 0
Last time I explored my Australian music journey through the rearview mirror. This time I’m going to bring everything up to date with a look at the contemporary scene which must be as strong as it […]
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Shuffle: Australia – Part 1

August 5, 2021 David Cowling 1
I recently took the plunge and purchased a load of new music from Bandcamp, and one thing that I noticed was that there were a lot of Australian bands, which got me thinking about my interactions […]
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Shuffle: Funeral Music

March 11, 2021 David Cowling 1
These dark days of the global pandemic have not in any way increased the number of times I think about the music I want to be played at my funeral. I have been thinking about it […]
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Introducing “Shuffle”

February 25, 2021 David Cowling 3
Long-time AUK writer David Cowling returns with a new fortnightly column as he digs into his collection of leftfield americana. There are moments in my life when I have connected directly with a song or a […]

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Something for the weekend: Black Midi “Still”

April 10, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t got your tickets yet for our 25 year knees up featuring Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and a whole load more americana, you can pick them […]
Album Reviews

Charley Crockett “Age of the Ram”

April 10, 2026 0
Americana favourite delivers the final chapter of his adventurous Sagebrush Trilogy that concludes with the mythological and wide-ranging story of the ‘Outlaw’ Billy MacLane. Readers of Americana UK are likely to be very familiar with the […]
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Tift Merrit announces new album “Sugar”

April 10, 2026 1
Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach 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

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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”

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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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Mendeles’ mysterious and atmospheric tribute to avant garde guitarist John Fahey. Music is the most transportive of media; just the merest hint of a tone or rhythm can take the listener somewhere else, either to a […]
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Evelyn Cools “Misfit Paradise” – Listen

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Evelyn Cools hasn’t railed against fate – instead she has embraced her destiny to record an EP ‘Misfit Paradise‘ that is definitely imbued with the cool.   The title track has now been released as a single, […]
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Eric Bolander “Cold Men” – Listen

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More than a chilling tale, some sort of gothic-folk creation, the new song by Eric Bolander is a song that protests the treatment of the miners of the Blackjewel Mine in Harlan County, Kentucky.  The mine […]

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