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Mother Banjo “Morning Train” – Remembering John Prine

October 19, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

A song recorded as a tribute to John Prine, which was released in time for what would have been the songwriting legend’s 76th birthday.  There’s a certain ominous rumbling to the opening of this cover of […]

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AUK’s Top 10 Albums of the 21st Century: Number 3 – The Delines “The Imperial” (2019)

October 19, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1

There were more than a few broken hearts when it was announced that Richmond Fontaine would cease as a band in 2016 – and more than a few who sort of assumed that Willy Vlautin would […]

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Hermanos Gutiérrez “Hermosa Drive” – something going on down the drive

October 19, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

So we reach, at last, that midweek semi-regular pause we call Americana UK’s Groovy Instrumental Break and Guitar Workshop.  Yes – finally some escape from the relentless tide of lyrics.  We’ve featured the Zurich based duo  […]

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Caleb Caudle “Forsythia”

October 19, 2022 Ian Kennedy 0

Masterclass in song-writing and delivery of bluegrass-tinged country. Caleb Caudle knows how to make very good music, and deliver it with his rich voice that harks back to the very roots of country music. Being helped […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 69

October 19, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Commuting is a joy. Or at least it will be when I take delivery of my new car as mentioned last week. Some of my colleagues have been less than complimentary about my fearless championing of […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

February 3, 2026 0

When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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I have to confess to being something of a live music junkie, shows I’ve seen running well into the thousands, and with the passage of time details of some of even the best start to become […]

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Antonio Lopez: mixed metaphor, stirred emotions. Frequently music and branding are so wrapped up in each other that it is hard to hear one without being influenced by the other. Discovering Antonio Lopez via marketing did […]

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