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Will Hoge “The Overthrow” – Listen

July 17, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Will Hoge’s new album ‘Tiny Little Movies‘ sees the Nashville based musician continuing along his path of blue-collar rock, where amplified guitars creating compelling riffage is of great importance – but not greater than the lyrics […]

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Video: Brent Amaker DeathSquad “Hello”

July 17, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

Here is the distinctive, resonant voice of Brent Amaker and a typically stylish video from Brent Amaker Deathsquad.  The Seattle-based band are a sister act to Brent Amaker and the Rodeo and are all set for […]

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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Helen Jones

July 16, 2020 Clint West 6

At AUK we are on a quest to find the ‘top 10 americana albums ever’. Over the last few weeks our writers have been going through the mental anguish of trying to narrow the whole history […]

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Pat Keen “Cell Song” – Listen

July 16, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Minneapolis based Pat Keen has his third solo album – ‘Cells Remain‘ – out on August 21st on Birdwatcher Records.  This is the almost title song.  It’s the gentlest folk-framed cut, with hypnotic waves of sound […]

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Ellen Starski “Sara’s Half-Finished Love Affair” (Independent, 2020)

July 16, 2020 Viv Fish 1

Throughout this album, born of a couple of chance encounters with Sara which led to a great friendship and the sharing of deeply personal experiences, Nashville-based artist and songwriter Ellen Starski explores and exquisitely illustrates the […]

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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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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Leave it to Canadian songwriter, Jerry Leger, to ask an appropriate question of our times, in that simple Canadian way, as an omnipresent pandemic, eastern European war, divisive politics and more fill our collective days with […]

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Here’s the latest single from singer-songwriter John Calvin Abney.  Beginning with some beautifully tuneful guitar-work and Abney’s understated, earnest vocal, ‘Watch Me Go (Back in Time)’ builds up in subtle layers, becoming gently rhythmic and demonstrating […]

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