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AUK’s Chain Gang: The Guess Who “Guns, Guns, Guns”

April 11, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Last week we had The Replacements, and bear with me now this one’s a bit convoluted. A replacement is something akin to a substitute, and in the history of rock and roll no substitute made more […]
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Jesper Lindell “Twilights”

April 11, 2022 Jonathan Smith 0
Jesper Lindell presents what could well be a definition of Americana (discuss). As has often been noted, Americana is a broad church, both encompassing and drifting through many other genres and sub-genres of music. However, if […]
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Charley Crockett to release new album this month

April 11, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Charley Crockett will release his new album ‘Lil’ G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley‘ on April 22nd via Son of Davy/Thirty Tigers. The fourth edition of his Lil’ G.L. tribute series, ‘Jukebox Charley‘, is another twist on a covers […]
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The Coffis Brothers “Ramona” – come closer…

April 11, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s pretty audacious to follow the line “…I always thought you were so instrumental” with a mini-guitar break.  Simply because it can fall one of two ways – corny or inspired.  On The Coffis Brothers’ new […]
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Video: The Sam Chase Trio “The Color of Bone”

April 11, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Sam Chase possesses one of the most captivating voices you’re likely to hear: earthy, gritty and full of story-telling character.  His songs range from bleak narratives to sequences of thoughts to desperate-sounding pleas but they’re always […]

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Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic

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Video: Orange Oak “wilder life” – a declaration of nervousness

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Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”

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Bob Dylan to unleash a 39 CD set of The Rolling Thunder Revue in November – start saving!

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Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic

September 28, 2026 0
Best. Finest. Interesting words. The Los Angeles Times says of Richard Thompson: “The finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix.” That was Scott Timberg, who, of course, also worked with Richard […]
Videos

Video: Orange Oak “wilder life” – a declaration of nervousness

September 28, 2026 0
wilder life is the new single from Filippa Frisell and Erik Olsson, also known as the Swedish indie-folk duo Orange Oak. It’s a thoughtful song of falling in love and the way we make ourselves vulnerable. […]
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Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”

September 25, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a previously unreleased song from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. His estate recently unveiled a comprehensive new box set, Origins 1971-1978, […]

  • Richard Thompson “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – it’s a kind of magic
  • Video: Orange Oak “wilder life” – a declaration of nervousness
  • Something for the weekend: Listen to the unreleased Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track from 1978 “Parade Of Loons”
  • Bob Dylan to unleash a 39 CD set of The Rolling Thunder Revue in November – start saving!
  • There are only 50 tickets left for Americana 25 – join us in Liverpool in November!
  • Beck “Ride Lonesome”
  • Live Review: Levellers, The Meffs, Brakes, Kid Kapichi and Sleeper, Hove Park, Brighton – 5th September 2026
  • Josh Ritter is coming this way in January – Happy New Year!
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Israel Nash and Sid Griffin
  • Leon III “Invisible Ink” – heating the lemon juice
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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 […]
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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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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Classic Americana Compilations “Silver Meteor – A Progressive Country Anthology” (Sierra Records, 1980)

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What makes a great compilation? Good music is a must obvious, the historical importance of some of the tracks, certainly, rare and forgotten tracks and artists that nevertheless capture an elusive something that was in the […]
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Hillary Reynolds “Gaslight” – where is truth?

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The upcoming album, ‘Changing Seasons’, which is due out August 8th is the debut solo release from Wisconson born and now Los Angeles living singer and songwriter Hillary Reynolds.  It marks a return to songs that […]
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Emily Soon “Love is the Loneliest Place” – Listen

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Australian Emily Soon wrote ‘Love is the Loneliest Place‘ a few years ago in response to the emotional break-up of a couple she was friends with.  It was a way, she says, “to comprehend the situation […]

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