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Video: Brendan Benson “Richest Man”

May 6, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

This upbeat, catchy song from Brendan Benson will stick around in your brain for a while.  The video, directed by Wartella, features excellent animation.  Benson says: “This was a very different video making experience. I had […]

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Shelby Lynne “Shelby Lynne” (Everso Records, 2020)

May 5, 2020 Rick Bayles 1

With an indecent sense of timing, given that we’ve only recently featured her in “Forgotten Artists”, Shelby Lynne is back with a new solo album, her first in five years. The first thing that strikes you […]

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The top 10 Lori McKenna songs

May 5, 2020 Helen Jones 3

I first discovered Lori McKenna in maybe little of an unusual way: while you may only know Mandy Moore as an actress, or have a vague memory of her limited success in the UK as a […]

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Jarrod Dickenson “Ready the Horses” (Hooked Records, 2020)

May 5, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

Looking forward, out of interest rather than any prior knowledge, to seeing Jarrod Dickenson locally, there was a particular disappointment when all events were suspended. If and when he comes back I am sure to be […]

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Video Premiere: Marla Mase “Truth Comes Down”

May 5, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Warm backing vocals and excellent acoustic guitar feature on the latest song from Marla Mase. ‘Truth Comes Down’ is the lead single from her new EP, ‘Stripped Down’, which is Mase’s first fully acoustic release.  She […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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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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In association with Clubhouse Records and Inside Out Talent, “The Ramblin’ Roots Revue” has become for many one of the UK’s most eagerly anticipated and best-loved weekends of cosmic americana, alt-country, folk and roots in the […]

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Jim Lauderdale talks about Liverpool (yay) and his new album

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The more astute AUK reader may know what we’re a Liverpool based website, a city which doesn’t come up too often in americana circles so it’s nice when it does.  RS Country report this morning: “Jim Lauderdale […]

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Arik Dov “The Man” (Independent, 2020)

March 23, 2020 0

I saw a t-shirt once that said “there are too many bikes, said no one ever” and I thought that was funny. Not laugh out loud funny, but funny cos it’s true funny. I’d wear one […]

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