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Jonas Fjeld “To The Bone”

October 13, 2022 David Jarman 0

Leading Norwegian folk musician Fjeld follows his 2019 collaboration with Judy Collins and Chatham County Line with a gentle 14-track folk/Americana blend, with all but one track sung in English. Jonas Fjeld is well known as […]

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Midway Fair “The Habit Of Fear”

October 13, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Enjoyable album marks return after eleven year hiatus for band from Baltimore. With, ‘The Habit Of Fear’, Baltimore’s Midway Fair finally deliver their fourth album more than a full decade after their last official release, ‘The […]

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

October 13, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

‘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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Video Premiere: The Blue Highways “Nobody Lives Here Anymore”

October 13, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1

Check out the premiere of the latest release from The Blue Highways.  After a summer of festival appearances and live shows, the band roar back with ‘Nobody Lives Here Anymore’, an anthem for the disenchanted and […]

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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Number 8 – Ryan Adams “Heartbreaker” (2000)

October 12, 2022 Sean Hannam 0

When I chose my Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century, back in May of this year, I put Ryan Adams’ ‘Heartbreaker’ at number 1, so I’m delighted it’s made the AUK writers’ overall list […]

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

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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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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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Blitzen Trapper are a Portland, Oregon-based quintet who describe their music as “experimental country/folk/rock”, and it’s the experimental bit about the band that’s always made them so interesting. Robin Pecknold of the Fleet Foxes once said […]

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Ellen Foley has a new album, ‘Fighting Words‘ that has been out for a couple of weeks now, her first release in eight years.   It’s certainly not what one might expect from the singer who was […]

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Unspun Heroes vinyl record label exhumes a fascinating early release by worthy Tennessee troubadour. “Drink Ring Jesus” is the second album, released in 2006, by Nashville-based Tennessean Stephen Simmons. On its 19th anniversary, it is being […]

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