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AUK’s Chain Gang: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Born on the Bayou”

July 12, 2021 Diccon Johnston 1

Last week’s track was ‘Miles and Miles of Texas’ by Asleep at the Wheel and it would have been pretty easy to stay in Texas as there is no shortage of links inspired by the song […]

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Martha Fields “Headed South”

July 12, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

Appalachia and Texas meets Southwest France. Lockdown has inspired many artists to write new material during the past eighteen months or so, but it is unlikely that many americana albums were written during this time in […]

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Serious Sam Barrett and The Burner Band announce UK dates

July 12, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

Beginning this week with something to look forward to, Serious Sam Barrett has announced he’s heading out on the road this autumn in the company of fellow Yorkshiremen, The Burner Band. Barrett’s been making a name […]

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Track Premiere: Laney Lou And The Bird Dogs “Reeling”

July 12, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Bluegrass is not a single sound, there are all kinds of bluegrass bands – super fast and wild, jokey entertainers, showcasers of one of the solo taking instruments, city slicker bluegrass, high lonesome bluegrass amongst others.  […]

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Video: David Ferguson “Boats to Build”

July 12, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

David Ferguson’s voice is full of life, experience and emotion in his new single, ‘Boats to Build’.  The Guy Clark and Verlon Thompson-written song is the perfect match for Ferguson’s weary vocal, which is beautifully melodic […]

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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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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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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

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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Leading off with a stately piano line, ‘Swoon‘ is the third single from The Deer’s new album ‘Do No Harm.’  It showcases the band’s psych-folk stylings, as it quickly gives way to a wordy tongue-twisting verse […]

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