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The Twang Factor 2 presents: Ian David Green

July 21, 2021 Clint West 1

Welcome to our new season of The Twang Factor. We’ve got an amazing array of talent to bring you over the coming weeks starting off this week with Ian David Green, a songwriter from Liverpool, now […]

Album Reviews

Ida Mae “Click Click Domino”

July 21, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Innovation and tradition meld together to form a unique soundscape. An album, cinematic in scope, eclectic in influences and decidedly innovative in instrumentation deserves to be welcomed to the pages of AUK and its readers. If […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Yo La Tengo “Fakebook”

July 21, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

OK, so Yo La Tengo’s ‘Fakebook’ might raise a few eyebrows as a choice for a classic Americana album. After all, who would consider Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and an often revolving cast of members as […]

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Video: The Felice Brothers “Silverfish”

July 21, 2021 Cam Fraser 0

Releasing the third track from their forthcoming album, ‘From Dreams To Dust‘, The Felice Brothers share the official video for ‘Silverfish‘. The song finds Ian Felice wearily considering his frustrations with matters domestic. His peace and […]

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Alison Krauss inducted into bluegrass hall of fame

July 21, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

What other awards would have a category called “Banjo player of the year”? That’s right – nominees for the 32nd Annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards were announced yesterday in Nashville. The five nominees for the main […]

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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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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

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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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October marks the 50th anniversary of Tom Waits’ 1975 album “Nighthawks at the Diner” originally released on Asylum Records. The reissue  via ANTI- Records will come out on 24th October 2025.  The label is celebrating the […]

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Acclaimed collective The Minus 5, spearheaded by legendary musician and songwriter Scott McCaughey, returns with “Oar On, Penelope!” out May 30th on via Yep Roc Records. Produced by Scott McCaughey and mixed by engineer Ed Stasium […]

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