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Track Premiere: Monica Taylor “Train Take Me Away”

June 17, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Nicknamed “The Cimmaron Songbird” by Jimmy LaFave and Bob Childers, Monica Taylor is a stalwart of the Oklahoma music scene.  She has been performing annually at The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival since its second year in […]

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Black Deer Video: The Felice Brothers “Jazz on the Autobahn”

June 17, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Every day this week, we’re posting a video to whet the appetite for the Black Deer Festival, which begins today!  This year’s line-up is incredible and one of the acts appearing today, 17th June, is AUK […]

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VERSIONS: “One More Cup Of Coffee”

June 16, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

It is, of course, one of Dylan’s greatest songs, layered in mystery and shot through with Scarlet Rivera’s violin.  One of the jewels from that gem encrusted bangle that is ‘Desire.’  It’s a love song, it’s […]

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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums Of The 21st Century: Ljubinko Zivkovic

June 16, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

How do you compile any list? Or in this specific case, how do you compile a list of the top 10 americana albums of the 21st century – a century when americana started getting more and […]

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Steep Canyon Rangers “Sweet Spot” – touching bluegrass nirvana

June 16, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

All different things can be a ‘Sweet Spot‘ and bluegrass champions Steep Canyon Rangers list a large number of them on their new single which emerged about a week ago.  Of the track banjo player Graham […]

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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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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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