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AmericanA to Z – Old Crow Medicine Show

March 3, 2020 Alan Fitter 3

Over the past 55 years or so (yes I’m that old!), I’ve been to hundreds and hundreds of gigs from tiny venues in pubs to Wembley Stadium, with everything in between. I have very few artists […]

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“What Is This Americana Thing Anyway…?” – Richard Phillips

March 3, 2020 Paul Villers 0

It’s time, folks, for another instalment of our feature in which the writers of AUK attempt to put into words their personal reflections of what our genre is and why they love it so much. This […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Andrew Weiss and Friends “All the News Fit to Print”

March 3, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest release from Andrew Weiss and Friends is the opening song from their new album, ‘The Golden Age of Love & Chemistry’.  The song is a tribute to Tom Petty’s ‘An American Treasure’ and Weiss […]

Features

AUK’s Chain Gang: Jason Isbell “Different Days”

March 3, 2020 Jim Finnie 2

For some reason I was late to the Jason Isbell party, I’m not sure why but I guess that’s how it goes sometimes!  However, better late than never and what better continuation of last week’s Chain […]

Album Reviews

Steep Canyon Rangers & Asheville Symphony “Be Still Moses” (Yep Roc Records, 2020)

March 3, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

‘Be Still Moses’ is a bit of a curate’s egg, partly bad, partly good, although, to be fair, none of it is really bad, just slightly over-egged. The album finds the Rangers teaming up with the […]

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  • Toad the Wet Sprocket “RINGS: The Acoustic Sessions”
  • Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”
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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 1

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 […]

Behind the Songs

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 […]

Interviews

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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Sadie Gustafson-Zooks “Birdsong” – Listen

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‘Birdsong‘ – it’s that little gift from nature that brightens your day.  Only why did it make Sadie Gustafson-Zooks squirm?  Well, let’s see if this rings any bells: “Birdsong makes me squirm / ’cause I’ve learned […]

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John Calvin Abney “Coyote” (Black Mesa Records, 2018)

February 19, 2018 0

Girlfriend or girl-fiend? There are some excellent break-up albums around at the moment. Lilly Hiatt’s gorgeously rocking ‘Trinity Lane’ is written in blood and self-recrimination and now along comes Coyote from John Calvin Abney, who offers […]

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Mike McKenna “At the Edge of the World” (Independent, 2020)

May 28, 2020 0

With his second LP Mike McKenna jr. has constructed an intricate and finely crafted piece of work that invites us to consider what he calls the “distinct local culture” of his home manor. Given that the […]

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