Six decades of experience inform lyrical début of Canadian folk-roots songwriter. A new name to our readers, Mike Guiney released his début album The Grace of Eloquence at the age of 61 in 2025. Now ...

We have mentioned before that Folk is a broad church, and we’ve hinted that it can be at its best, or at least its most interesting, when it pushes at the boundaries. And, sometimes, that pushing ...

Well that’s it from us for this week, a week in which we said goodbye to our longtime writers Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson, both of whom died at a very similar age within a few days of each other, ...

A second tribute album to the songs of the great Jesse Malin. There can’t be many Americana music fans who weren’t deeply ...

Some musicians write memoirs to settle scores. Others write them to inflate their legend. Chris Hillman, who has spent most of his career standing slightly to one side of the spotlight, seems to ...

Zach Williams, Kanene Donehey Pipkin and Brian Elmquist, collectively The Lone Bellow, came into being when Georgia natives, ...

A hugely enjoyable and melodic offering from established Texan band. In the period 2010 to 2022, Texan band Left Arm Tan ...

Well, this is a bit different from the usual gig experience, and definitely a new venue: the launch of the latest LUSH album, ...

Keith’s back from down under with the podcast firing with both barrels, featuring, as it does two interviews with artists ...

Burning Hills is the first release by Danny Malone in over a decade; it marks a return to music that has been, by any measure ...

Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which ...

Dave Alvin’s Blackjack David, one of the great americana albums and now with added tracks, gets the Craft Recordings treatment. Hightone Records and Craft Recordings, celebrating its 40th ...