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Pick of the Political Pops: George Strait “The Weight Of The Badge”

September 25, 2020 Paul Villers 0

This week at Americana-UK Towers we have been mostly practising at being Shroedinger’s Worker – a concept where we are simultaneously both working from home and working from the office. It seemed the only sensible thing […]

Album Reviews

Ryan Law and The Shelter “Just a Stranger” (Independent, 2020)

September 25, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

If there is something particularly engaging about AUK and its remit then it is the opportunity to promote new and aspiring artists, who may run the gamut in terms of quality and originality but always impress […]

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New live streaming service Roots Live! launches

September 25, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Roots Live! is a new organisation which been created, in their own words: “by musicians for musicians as a response to the new demand for concert streaming in 2020. It became clear that live concerts, as […]

Tracks

Steep Canyon Rangers “Sunny Days” – Listen

September 25, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, we bring Bluegrass Tracks Week to a close (you did, dear reader, notice that it was Bluegrass Tracks Week?  Good) with a new single from the upcoming album ‘Arm in Arm‘, out on Yep Roc […]

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Video: Sadler Vaden “Best Days”

September 25, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

Sadler Vaden, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and guitarist for the 400 Unit, follows his recent album, ‘Anybody Out There?’ with this gorgeous new single.  For the video, Vaden performs solo at Nashville’s Carter Vintage guitar shop, giving […]

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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

February 10, 2026 0

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

February 9, 2026 0

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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Joel Levi is blessed with a strong and mellifluous voice, and it’s put to good use on this new single from his upcoming self-titled debut album, due out in May.  The Nashville based singer draws on […]

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John Lennon “Only People” – Listen

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Hey – want to feel old ?  Well, if things had gone better then Dr Winston O’Boogie  would have been eighty today.  That’s worth a “Wow!”   And we know things didn’t go right in this reality, […]

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Video: Father John Misty “Goodbye, Mr Blue”

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With gorgeously delicate finger-picking guitar and a wistfully warm, conversational vocal, Father John Misty, AKA Josh Tillman, delivers the beautiful ‘Goodbye Mr. Blue’.  The song brings to mind the 1970s country singer-songwriter sound and, indeed, ‘Goodbye […]

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