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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 72

November 18, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Live music is a life-enhancing thing A brilliant weekend followed a fairly typical one in school (i.e. pastoral issues aplenty, mock exam panic for Yr11s and assemblies on bullying and remembrance). And why was the weekend […]

Tracks

My Politic “Buzzards On A Powerline” – hanging around to see you die

November 18, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Today’s song is a powerful condemnation of small town judgement and an unwillingness to accept redemption, the taking of new chances and the leaving youthful errors behind…no matter how hard it might be to do so.  […]

Videos

Video: Nadine Khouri “Vertigo”

November 18, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the atmospheric new single from Nadine Khouri.  ‘Vertigo’ is built upon pulsing, rhythmic bass and layers of keys, over which Khouri’s resonant vocal is superb.  Towards the end, the song builds towards the moment when […]

Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Robert Earl Keen albums

November 17, 2022 Clint West 7

This week marks the welcome return of ‘Essentials’ the series in which we ask our writers to select either their Top 10 albums or Top 10 songs from a single artist or group of related artists. […]

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Old Sea Brigade “5AM Paradise”

November 17, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

Enigmatic and poignant third album from Ben Cramer which ponders leaving your twenties behind. Old Sea Brigade is the alias used by Ben Cramer under which he and his friends make music. Having turned 30 in […]

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  • Brooke Law announces 2026 Spring Tour dates
  • More People Should Really Know About: Riley Catherall
  • It’s the 2025 AUK Readers Poll! Vote for your favourite americana from the last year
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Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

December 9, 2025 0

While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

Interviews

Interview: David Grisman on the groundbreaking Garcia/Grisman album and more

December 8, 2025 2

The “Garcia/Grisman” album was recorded in 1991, and chances are you never heard these two master musicians sound as good as they did on this record. Jerry Garcia’s tasteful picking on this album is inspired and […]

Interviews

Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

December 2, 2025 1

In the smart and lively songs of Dan Bern, nuances are at work like honeybees in a hive. A busy swarm of subtleties generates a nucleus of narrative honeycomb that has more layers than an archaeologist’s […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 48

As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 37

Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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