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Tracks Midterm Special – Amy Speace, The Twangtown Paramours, Carla Olson
Well, there’s just two more Winters to go…but, as we understand things, the good folks of the United States also get an opportunity to show their (dis)pleasure tomorrow. It’s an opportunity that many of our regularly [...]
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Live Review: Boia Festival St Davids, Pembrokeshire – 23rd-25th October 2026
It’s only proper to start a Boia review with a weather report. Succinctly, it was appalling, the height of storm Austen, which, apart from a minor spelling adjustment, was appropriate in view of the city of [...]
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Preview: Gene Madoc to release second album of the year
Following on from his psych-tinged debut album Revelation’s Dog in February 2026 and his stellar performances at this year’s Boia Festival, Cardiff’s Gene Madoc is set to release his second album, The Fragmenting of a 21st [...]
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Neal Casal “Book Of Stories (Home Recordings 1998–2003)”
A worthy, interesting and at times emotional addition to Neal Casal’s official output. Posthumous releases can often be a difficult issue; they raise all sorts of questions: would the artist have wanted this? Should the music [...]
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Gillian Welch and David Rawlings to release “Boots No. 3: The Hickory Show” in early 2027
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have announced the release of Boots No. 3: The Hickory Show, which will be released via Acony Records on 12th February 2027. The record is a live album from the duo, [...]
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Babehoven “I See Them, I See Me”
Indie-folk duo expand their sound with promising results. Hudson, New York-based Babehoven, the duo of Maya Bon and Ryan Albert, return with their third studio album I See Them, I See Me, the follow-up to 2024’s [...]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 249 “Goodbye Facebook, Insta etc”
Always late to the party, I have had enough. A couple of years ago, I tried to ‘consciously uncouple’ from social media and deleted lots of apps, etc., from my phones and devices. I did partially [...]
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Bandits On The Run “Dance Through The End Of Days” – grab those dancing shoes with nimble soles
Here is what is quite literally a bonus from Bandits On The Run – their most recent album is Rough Magic, and this is, somewhat surprisingly, a song that didn’t make the cut from the album [...]
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Video: Amelia Coburn “I Just Want to Say” – my relationship with myself
Amelia Coburn latest single tells the story of a woman sending love letters to a serial killer in a forceful exploration of when love tips over into unhealthy obsession. It’s accompanied by a dramatic video that [...]
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Something for the weekend: Eliza Gilkyson “In America”
Well, that’s it from us for this week, and what a week of good news for a change, with the election news from Brazil and Serbia, America next! In that vein, we leave you this week [...]
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Live Review: Haylie Davis, Nightclub 101, New York City – 25th October 2026
It was a pleasure and a privilege to bear witness to twangy singer-songwriter Haylie Davis’ solo show last night in New York City. Beyond the doors of Nightclub 101, where Davis held court, the East Village [...]
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Hayden “The Recent Past”
Acclaimed Canadian songwriter brings a contemporary lens to the recent past on a finely crafted new album. Well into a career that has spanned over thirty years, Hayden returns with his tenth album, the exquisite-sounding The [...]
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Classic Clips: Jimmie Rodgers “Waiting For A Train”, The Singing Brakeman 1929
In Leeds, West Yorkshire, while browsing old vinyl records in what Americans would call a thrift shop, there was a battered copy of The Best of Jimmie Rodgers. A fine collection of classic country, with a [...]
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Book Review: Aliza Hava “Into The Light”
Some books are written because the author wanted to write them. Into the Light: Ten Songs & Stories Transforming Trauma to Triumph reads like a book Aliza Hava was compelled to write. By her own admission, [...]
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Arborist “Looking For Love”
Ethereal fourth from Belfast singer-songwriter. Arborist is Mark McCambridge, and he’s already impressed with three previously rapturously received albums. This trio had plaudits, suggesting, amongst other things, “one of those records that makes you immediately stop [...]
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The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Fanny Lumsden and Sarah McQuaid
This week, Keith talks to artists at two ends of the broad Americana church. First up, Fanny Lumsden from the Snowy Mountains in Australia talking tartan, tradition, and Paul Kelly, amongst other things on the day [...]
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Anthony Walkers “Runways” – a romantic myth
There are, famously, two sides to every story, and the tale that Anthony Walker is looking at from a different point of view is one of the most deeply entrenched of American freedom stories. From Kerouac [...]
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Video: Beans on Toast “We’re Still Here” – and then the light shines in
In We’re Still Here, Beans on Toast searches the soul and sings from the heart. It’s a song of how we can find the beauty of life and our world, even when we’re enduring difficult times. [...]
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The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: David Jarman
What an interesting and fun challenge! I feared that I might lean too heavily into favourites from the pre 2000 era, as these artists/albums were my entry drug into the wider shores of americana, but in [...]