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Young Readers “Dancing” – Listen

August 24, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Jordan Herrera’s story is one of perseverance – perseverance in the form of keeping at it raising money to get his third album ‘Migrator‘ mastered and ready to issue after his Kickstarter fell short on the […]

Political Pops

Pick Of The Political Pops: Grant Lee Buffalo “The Last Days Of Tecumseh”

August 24, 2018 Paul Villers 0

This week we have been ruminating on the fact that this week is the fifty year anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by The Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany and Poland (a combined force under […]

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The King Heat Ensemble “Songs” (Independent, 2018)

August 24, 2018 David Stevenson 0

The King Heat Ensemble released their debut EP, simply entitled ‘Songs’ back in March of this year. An interesting choice of title as it gives nothing away – a title allowing whoever might stumble upon them […]

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Video: Blaze Foley “Clay Pigeons”

August 24, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

This week in the retro slot we have a short but extremely sweet live version of Clay Pigeons by the late lamented Blaze Foley.  Probably recorded sometime in the mid-eighties.  Have a good weekend everyone.

Album Reviews

Curse Of Lono “As I Fell” (Submarine Cat, 2018)

August 23, 2018 Kevin Bourke 0

Although last year’s acclaimed ‘Severed’ was the first album to appear under the Curse Of Lono monicker, frontman Felix Bechtolsheimer points out that this terrific new album in some ways represents a proper debut for the […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Vox Continental: April 2025

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A new live album, new singles and touring news are all part of this month’s round-up. Here we are with this month’s round-up of what’s happening in Americana on the European mainland. We’re starting with the […]

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Video: Kirsten Adamson “Take Me As I Am”

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Throughout Kirsten Adamson’s latest video, a repeated question flashes on the screen: “Does Kirsten have too many feelings?”  This intriguing question is part of the 1980s-style game show that Adamson travels back in time to participate in […]

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Here they are! AUK writers’ best albums of 2017

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Here at AUK towers we used to quite often fall out over our end of year list, and even the stronger among us walked away in a sea of blood, sweat and tears (the things). It […]

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