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Live Review: Tyler Ramsey, The Social, London – 29th March 2026

April 20, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
We still, I guess, have to say that Tyler Ramsey used to be in Band of Horses as lead guitarist and a notable songwriter for that band, but he’s been ploughing his own furrow for nearly […]

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Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Eilen Jewell Albums

June 4, 2026 2
Let’s just start with this: Eilen Jewell has one of the smoothest voices in popular music; she sings with a jazzy tinge; she can sing honky-tonk without a twang; she can interpret rock’n’roll or country or […]
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Make Americana Great Again: “Americana” – the movie

June 4, 2026 0
Well, she was an American girl / Raised on promises / She couldn’t help thinkin’ that there / Was a little more to life ~ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers There is a movie called “Americana,” […]
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Sounding Arrow “Skyman”

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Solo album number two from Truth and Salvage Co main-man. The travails of the modern world get to most of us, but it seems to affect musicians in a particularly savage way, and this second album […]

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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

May 29, 2026 0
To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

May 27, 2026 0
If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]
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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

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Jason McNiff + Toni Montserrat, The Harrison, London, 27th July 2018

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To the very compact basement bar of The Harrison in Kings Cross for the official launch gig of Jason McNiff’s latest album ‘Joy and Independence’. He’s now on the splendidly-rostered At The Helm records and so […]
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AmericanA to Z – Dolly Parton

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No, not Gram Parsons. Not even Elvis Presley (though if you don’t consider Elvis to be the epitome of ‘Americana’ then I will fight you right now). Dolly Rebecca Parton (of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) has written, […]
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Buddy Miller, Drew Holcomb appear on new Mark Heard tribute album

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And if you’ve never heard of him, then, well, now’s your chance. Rolling Stone Country report: “In 2005, the Americana Music Association awarded Song of the Year to “Worry Too Much,” a grinding rock & roll […]

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