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The Slocan Ramblers “Up The Hill And Through The Fog”

June 6, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Classic bluegrass with modern twist see Toronto’s finest deliver best yet. These past few years have found bluegrass music in the rudest of health with a new generation of artists picking up the baton and running […]

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June 6, 2022 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Teal ducks aren’t just familiar to ornithologists and AUK Chain Gang readers since last week’s inclusion of Joan Shelley’s ‘Teal’ in the series by Darren Lumbroso. “For a big chunk of the year, the blue-winged teal, […]

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Kurt Deemer “Reclaim The Night”

June 6, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

On ‘Reclaim The Night,’ Deemer stamps a hefty dose of personality on his rocking Americana influences Kurt Deemer might turn out to be one of the unsung heroes of modern Americana. Throughout his recorded output, and […]

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But is it Americana? – Lindisfarne

June 6, 2022 Martin Johnson 15

Martin Johnson is the latest of our writers to argue for an unlikely Americana candidate. He’s chosen a band that will always be associated with the North-East; can he convince on a connection with the wild […]

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Kate Rusby “30: Happy Returns”

June 6, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Thirty year celebration involving… everyone! This album has a rightly celebratory feel as Rusby, a key mover and shaker in progressing folk from the confines of the beard stroking isolationists that had bedevilled the form for […]

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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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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 2

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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Video: Boulder Fields “Weight of a River”

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Here is the new single from Boulder Fields, a band that combines Scottish folk with Americana and indie, creating an engaging, stirring musical blend.  This Americana/folk project is led by Cam Fraser, who delivers guitar and […]

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Bruce Springsteen “She Don’t Love Me Now” – aw gee, do ya’ wanna grab a beer?

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Well, here’s The Boss covering a Jesse Malin song – it’s the latest single from ‘Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin‘ which is out on 20th September as a 3xLP or 2xCD set on […]

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Andy Lowe “On The Lonesome Wind” – like the wind my soul will never die

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‘On the Lonesome Wind‘ is a new single on Mountain Fever Records by Andy Lowe, released on the back of his first-place win in the Bluegrass Banjo Competition at the Galax Old Time Fiddler’s Convention.  Andy […]

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