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Nilsson “Jump Into The Fire” – Listen

June 15, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
This is how you do it – if you’re a more than talented songwriter with a fantastic vocal range, and a mastery of the subtlety of phrasing. And you happen to have Klaus Voorman, Jimmy Webb, […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Mark Lanegan “Man in the Long Black Coat”

June 15, 2020 Emily Dongray 1
Last week’s Chain Gang piece explored a Bob Dylan song that was later covered on ‘I’m Not There’ OST  (Columbia, 2007) by The White Stripes. Naturally, I revisited this gem of a soundtrack and then had […]
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Mary Chapin Carpenter has a new album

June 15, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Her first new release since 2018, ‘The Dirt and The Stars‘ is the upcoming album from Mary Chapin Carpenter – it’ll hit all good music vendors on August 7th and is released through Lambent Light Records […]
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The Orange Circus Band “Whistle in the Dawn” (Independent, 2020)

June 15, 2020 David Jarman 1
The Orange Circus Band are a Bluegrass/Americana collective based in Kent, but proclaiming roots in Virginia, USA, and this influence is plain to see in their new release ‘Whistle in the Dawn‘, which boasts an instrumental […]
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Video: Beans on Toast “Chessington World of Adventures”

June 15, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
Let’s begin the week with a commentary on the state of our world right now from Beans on Toast.  You know, we spent some time here at AUK Towers trying to describe how we felt…but we […]

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Video Premiere: Roswell Road “Weirdo at the Party”

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Van Life – William the Conqueror

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West country trio William The Conqueror have been making steady inroads on the Americana scene for a few years now with their latest album ‘Bleeding On The Soundtrack’ just released on Loose Music. Headed by singer-songwriter […]
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As a regular reader you may well be thinking, ‘not sure those ‘Van Life’ pieces are particularly relevant at the moment given all these musicians are holed up riding out the lockdown.’  And you would of […]

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