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Obituaries

The Song Remains: Kelly Joe Phelps 1959 – 2022

June 6, 2022 Martin Johnson 5

Kelly Joe Phelps reinvented country blues for the 21St Century americana audience. Guitarist and singer-songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps “died quietly at home in Iowa” on May 31, 2022, according to his Facebook page. While this low-key […]

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Rainn Byrns “Never Ending Story” – no dragons mentioned, honest

June 6, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

How better to start the week than with a song that focuses on the endless pointless repetition of life, with the same old same old coming around again.  And again.  And, yes, yet again.  Perfect for […]

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Video: David Ford & Annie Dressner “Warning Sign”

June 6, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is an incredibly beautiful new song from Annie Dressner and David Ford.  Over fluid fingerpicking that rolls and sways through a compelling melody, their voices rise and swell, combining like they were always meant to […]

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Something for the (very) long weekend: Sean Taylor and the Sex Pistols (sadly not at the same time)

June 1, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us this week dear reader – if you’re not UK based and wondering why it’s such a short week it’s because our Queen has been “Queen” for 70 years and you know, […]

Features

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Andrew Frolish

June 1, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1

Lists such as this are always agonisingly difficult to compile.  There’s the aching self-doubt, the lingering sense that you have forgotten something or someone important and regrets over who has been left out.  The decisions made […]

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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”

February 17, 2026 0

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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The Burning Hell “Garbage Island”

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The Burning Hell return with an album of infectiously joyful music and trademark razor-sharp, droll but insightfully devastating lyrics. Canadian trio, The Burning Hell, are back with their ninth album, ‘Garbage Island.’ Based around songwriter Mathias […]

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If you forget the glimmer of hope from earlier in the week (which was not without its humour), it’s been another depressing week for the US and Willie Nelson has something to say about it. RS […]

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