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Something for the weekend: Richmond Fontaine “Don’t Skip Out on Me”

October 30, 2020 Mark Whitfield 3
It’s been a strange old week dear reader, almost biblical with its turn of events, and although here in the People’s Republic of Liverpool we’re long used to misrepresentation from national media, it sadly doesn’t make […]
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The Song Remains: Billy Joe Shaver 1939 – 2020

October 30, 2020 Clint West 0
Famously described by Willie Nelson as “the greatest living songwriter” Billy Joe Shaver led an eventful and often tragic life before succumbing to a massive stroke at the age of 81. Although he will perhaps be […]
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Interview: Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes talks to Josip Radic in Zagreb

October 30, 2020 Martin Johnson 0
This interview represents a bit of a first for Americana UK. We in the UK may be hurtling towards Brexit, but at AUK Towers we are doing our small bit to maintain active relations with Europe, […]
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Jefferson Airplane “Hey Fredrick” – Listen

October 30, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
It is rather hard to believe that this song is fifty one years old, and rather harder to believe that the great ass-kicking Grace Slick is eighty one today.  She’s the kind of person who’d say […]
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Felix Hatfield “False God” (Fangbite Records, 2020)

October 30, 2020 Diccon Johnston 0
Felix Hatfield is the type of artistic polymath that you don’t meet every day. His creative works of madcap art and surrealist music over the last 25 years are unconstrained by genre and comprise of silent […]

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

April 17, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. Regular readers will no doubt be sick to death now of me plugging this guy but his stuff is so good and as if any more proof was […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

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Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Remedy Motel “Counting Sand”

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Utah band on a roll with their second ‘comeback’ album after a 15-year hiatus. You feel as though you should showcase this band in our Feature article More People Really Should Know About..…because, despite the fact […]

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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]

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Preview: Hans Chew and The Gasoline Gypsies go out on joint tour of UK

October 23, 2025 0
And to celebrate, AUK has been given a couple of exclusive unreleased tracks. Later this week will be the first time in over 8 years that the acclaimed pianist and singer-songwriter Hans Chew has toured the […]
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Something for the weekend: Paul Kelly “Cherry Tree Carol”

November 10, 2023 3
That’s it from us for this week dear reader. If you are one of the many of us heading down to London this weekend for the “hate march” (!) then stay safe. We leave you with […]
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Richard Davies & The Dissidents “Human Traffic” (Bucketful of Brains, 2020)

June 17, 2020 1
Richard Davies’ career so far has seen him largely occupying a place in the background. He has done session work for various artists but is better known as guitarist for Brit-Popsters Tiny Monroe and more recently […]

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