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AUK Back Pages No. 20

November 18, 2025 Paul Kerr 2
It’s time (almost) to light the candles on the cake and sing Happy Birthday to Americana UK as we enter our 10th year in 2011. In reality, AUK celebrated this anniversary much later in the year, […]
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Tiny Ruins “Dogs Dreaming” – heading into a summery dream

March 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
So, what do dogs dream of?  We don’t know – but Hollie Fullbrook of Tiny Ruins speculates that “Like the dogs in their dreams, paws know when to run / The body knows what it needs, […]
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Video: Tiny Ruins “Dorothy Bay”

March 8, 2023 Ed Donnelly 0
Tiny Ruins mine murky territory in the new video for ‘Dorothy Bay’.  Hollie Fullbrook and her band; Cass Basil, Alex Freer and Tom Healy are filmed in muted hues of pink in this dreamy video directed […]
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Great North “Golden Age” (Independent, 2017)

January 26, 2018 David Cowling 0
With access to music being so easy these days and with so much competing for attention, it is easy to completely overlook so many things that are worth listening to. This husband and wife duo from […]

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Seasick Steve “The Last Season of America”

September 9, 2026 0
The Man from Another Time tackles modern-day America with hope and fury. Veteran producer and singer-songwriter Seasick Steve requires no real introduction. A journeying musician for over five decades, a producer for bands like Modest Mouse […]
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Live Review: Carson McHone, The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham – 3rd September 2026

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The excitement was almost tangible amidst the rather irregular queue that had formed early outside the entrance to The Chapel, upstairs at The Angel Microbrewery in Nottingham, for the return to the city of possibly Austin, […]
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Josh Rouse joins New West and delivers Brad “1972” Jones produced new album

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Josh Rouse has signed to New West Records and will release his label debut, Museums and Women, on October 23rd. The 10-song set was produced by Brad Jones, who also produced Rouse’s critically acclaimed 2003 album […]

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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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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

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It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Monica Aben

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This next AUK mini-gig is brought to you live from Monica Aben’s bedroom studio in California, which she shares with a Taylor 714 CE guitar that she got for a gift instead of a car for […]
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Southern Companion are that shaded area, the bit in the middle, of the Venn diagram that is country music and Americana, the switch point between the two genres.  He/they are multiple winners at the latest BCMAs […]

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