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Track Premiere: Gyasi “Poor Boy”

August 19, 2026 0

Whilst Wednesday has traditionally been the day of choice for featuring instrumental tracks that has typically been as a bonus feature – so today we’re breaking with tradition and finding space for an instrumental track premiere. […]

Video: Rowena Wise “Unlearning Of Love” – Embrace me, don’t break away

August 19, 2026 0

Unlearning Of Love is the latest single from Naarm/Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Rowena Wise. The song addresses the very nature of love, pulling apart everything learned about what love between two people means, examining it and then trying […]

Anniversary Cheers: JD Crowe & The New South and Boone Creek celebrate 50 years

August 18, 2026 1

Craft Recordings re-release two remastered ground-breaking bluegrass albums, one long out of print, and both on CD for the first time In the mid-1970s, bluegrass music was evolving from the traditional ensemble acoustic playing of artists […]

Cover art for Eric Hgen album "Make Country Sad Again"

More People Really Should Know About: Eric Hagen

August 18, 2026 2

In his excellent review of the album Revival, published in these hallowed pages upon its release in 2023, my esteemed colleague Michael Macy compared the songs of Eric Hagen to those of the great American realist […]

Allison de Groot and Rich Ruth collaborative project to be released in October

August 18, 2026 0

Allison de Groot is a clawhammer banjo player from Winnipeg, a Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo recipient and Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year nominee, best known for her duo with fiddler Tatiana […]

Anniversary Cheers
Anniversary Cheers: JD Crowe & The New South and Boone Creek celebrate 50 years
Craft Recordings re-release two remastered ground-breaking bluegrass albums, one long out of print, and both on CD for the first time In the mid-1970s, bluegrass music was evolving from the traditional ensemble acoustic playing of [...]
Features
More People Really Should Know About: Eric Hagen
In his excellent review of the album Revival, published in these hallowed pages upon its release in 2023, my esteemed colleague Michael Macy compared the songs of Eric Hagen to those of the great American [...]
Features
Americana Stories – Terena Elizabeth Bell “As We Go Along”
Our next Americana Story comes from Terena Elizabeth Bell. Her short fiction collection, Tell Me What You See, was named one of the “best books of the century (so far)” by New York Society Library [...]
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For The Sake of The Song: The Flying Burrito Brothers “Sin City”
Co-written by Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman for The Flying Burrito Brothers’ 1969 debut album, The Gilded Palace of Sin, Sin City features one of the best lines in the whole of popular music. “On [...]
AUK Mini-Gigs
Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Natalie Del Carmen
Natalie Del Carmen’s music expresses heartfelt emotions that are corroborated by her latest album, Pastures (Torrez Music Group, 2026), a close-to-earth pastoral of small ideas and big, transportive feelings. On the album’s first song, June, [...]

Americana Stories – Terena Elizabeth Bell “As We Go Along”

August 18, 2026 0

Our next Americana Story comes from Terena Elizabeth Bell. Her short fiction collection, Tell Me What You See, was named one of the “best books of the century (so far)” by New York Society Library and […]

Bonnie “Prince” Billy releases live album “Ghosts of American Psychonauts” in September

August 18, 2026 0

And live dates confirmed for September and November too! Bonnie “Prince” Billy, the persona/stage-name of musician Will Oldham, will release a new live album titled Ghosts of American Psychonauts on September 18th. The 8-song set was […]

Pauline Reese and Willie Nelson “Trail of Tears” – life has not been easy

August 18, 2026 0

Pauline Reese has known Willie Nelson for some time, as she explains “I first met Willie when I was just 15 years old. Throughout my career, I’ve had the incredible privilege of performing at six Willie […]

Video Premiere: Very Old Morris “That’s No Way To Act”

August 18, 2026 1

Check out the latest single from Very Old Morris, the solo project of San Antonio-based singer-songwriter Jerid Reed Morris, who is backed by an excellent band featuring members of Rose Windows, with additional jangle for this […]

For The Sake of The Song: The Flying Burrito Brothers “Sin City”

August 17, 2026 2

Co-written by Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman for The Flying Burrito Brothers’ 1969 debut album, The Gilded Palace of Sin, Sin City features one of the best lines in the whole of popular music. “On the […]

Track Premiere: Gyasi “Poor Boy”
August 19, 2026 0
Whilst Wednesday has traditionally been the day of choice for featuring instrumental tracks that has typically been as a bonus feature – so today we’re breaking with tradition and finding space for an instrumental track [...]
Video: Rowena Wise “Unlearning Of Love” – Embrace me, don’t break away
August 19, 2026 0
Unlearning Of Love is the latest single from Naarm/Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Rowena Wise. The song addresses the very nature of love, pulling apart everything learned about what love between two people means, examining it and then [...]
Pauline Reese and Willie Nelson “Trail of Tears” – life has not been easy
August 18, 2026 0
Pauline Reese has known Willie Nelson for some time, as she explains “I first met Willie when I was just 15 years old. Throughout my career, I’ve had the incredible privilege of performing at six [...]
Video Premiere: Very Old Morris “That’s No Way To Act”
August 18, 2026 1
Check out the latest single from Very Old Morris, the solo project of San Antonio-based singer-songwriter Jerid Reed Morris, who is backed by an excellent band featuring members of Rose Windows, with additional jangle for [...]
Emmett Morris “Gilded Cage” – it’s a rat trap, Judy
August 17, 2026 0
Emmett Morris has come to a conclusion – and it is that what the rich and powerful really want is for everyone to toil, toil, toil and make disproportionately more wealth for their employers, living [...]

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