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Video: Sam Calver “River”

June 23, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
Written after the birth of his first-born child, Sam Calver’s recent video has a simple message about the love between father and son and the importance of the people around us.   Calver explains: “‘River’ is […]
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Classic Americana Compilations: Various Artists “Cash Covered” (Mojo, 2004)

June 22, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 3
Johnny Cash had a career that would take a very large book or two to encapsulate and this Mojo sampler from 2004 offers 15 tracks that only represent the briefest overview with a variety of disparate […]
Album Reviews

Tomo “Wayward Son” (Independent, 2020)

June 22, 2020 Diccon Johnston 0
‘Wayward Son’ is the first independent release EP from Tomo, a Bristol-based indie-folk songwriter. It was all recorded and produced by Tomo at his parents’ house in Somerset. There are no trivial topics explored in this […]
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Video: Jeremy Tuplin “Space Magic”

June 22, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
Here is the lead single from Jeremy Tuplin’s upcoming album, ‘Violet Waves’.  It’s a smart, tongue-in-cheek ‘space-folk’.  The song drifts in zero-gravity.  Tuplin says: “The song is about finding the fascinating in the everyday.  I guess […]
Features

10 great Americana Beatles’ covers

June 22, 2020 Martin Johnson 8
As most of our regular readers will know, AUK Towers is based in Liverpool, and while we have a pool of internationally based writers from all corners of the UK and beyond, Liverpool and its culture […]

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Album Reviews

Nicole Mish “Hope is Restless”

October 1, 2026 0
Songs of hope and resilience, both of which were needed to see this earnest album completed. Hope is Restless is Nicole Mish’s follow-up to her 2024 debut album, Whole Damn Sky. The focus of this album is finding […]
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Julie Christensen “Don’t You Push” – no names, no id, and that’s the cops

October 1, 2026 0
We’re always behind the times, look at us about to be making a fuss about ICE when we could be talking about the new tourist attraction cum snipers’ nest that a cemetery needs, or political adverts […]
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Video Premiere and Q&A: Lady Nade “Identity”

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Lady Nade’s journey of self-exploration is brought to vivid life in this bold new single, Identity. With uplifting, joyous backing vocals and instrumentation, Lady Nade delivers thought provoking lyrics that reveal the many aspects of herself. […]

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  • Julie Christensen “Don’t You Push” – no names, no id, and that’s the cops
  • Video Premiere and Q&A: Lady Nade “Identity”
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Sufjan Stevens
  • Nive Nielsen and The Deer Children “My Mother’s Name”
  • David Banks “All The Dreams We Left Behind”
  • Stephanie Sammons “Head Noise”
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

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Interview: Monroeville

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It’s a bit disconcerting for someone from this side of The Pond, to drive through The Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina, and all of the natural beauty that entails, to arrive in […]
Album Reviews

Allah Las “LAHS” (Mexican Summer, 2019)

October 16, 2019 0
In introducing ‘LAHS’, their fourth LP, the Allah Las are very keen to emphasise their move away from the sound of their Los Angeles roots. The travel metaphors sprinkled liberally across the record (‘Holding Pattern’, ‘In […]
Album Reviews

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0
Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

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