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AUK’s Top 10 Albums of the 21st Century: Number 10 – Nick Lowe “The Convincer” (2001)

October 10, 2022 David Jarman 0
Features Editor Clint West writes: So the countdown begins as we reveal our ‘Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century’. Starting today with our Number 10. Over the next two weeks we will each day […]
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Town Mountain “Lines in the Levee”

October 10, 2022 Viv Fish 0
The soothing sound of heartland rock. Some Town Mountain has grown considerably since its inception fifteen years ago, not only in its membership but also in its energy, emotion and live shows. Original members Robert Greer […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young “Ohio”

October 10, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0
‘Sam Stone’ last week was a casualty of war. The returning hero fought his demons with a cocktail of booze and drugs that in the end finished him off just as he might have perished on […]
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Live Review: Danny Bradley + A Different Thread, The Town Hall, Kirton In Lindsey, 30th September 2022

October 10, 2022 Graeme Tait 0
How quick the memory fades with the heatwave of the summer already feeling like a distant memory as autumn flexes its muscles treating tonight’s congregation to gale force winds and lashing rain as they arrive at […]
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The Attention Seekers “Seven Bridges”

October 10, 2022 Alan Fitter 0
A superb album of neckerchief rock from Newcastle’s The Attention Seekers. Robert Elms, a long-time presenter on BBC Radio London (available everywhere on BBC iPlayer) came up with a sub-genre of americana a few years ago […]

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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: 7th = Jason Isbell “If We Were Vampires” (2017)

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Four songs obtained the same number of points but have been split by the number of writers who voted for it. The same number of people (5) voted for this song as one other, but by […]
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Maximiano “Rokeby”

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Maximiano’s second release is an open-hearted, intimate reflection on suffering and change in a divided nation. Out of a ten-day dog-sitting stint in the countryside came Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter Maximiano’s second release: Rokeby. Rokeby is the name […]
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Live Review: Jonny Morgan & The Moral Support + Vic Allen, The Grace, London – 25th March 2026

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A minute’s walk from the Highbury and Islington station is a two-storey venue where concerts take place almost daily. In front is a rambunctious queue, whose comments in Italian identify those awaiting as fans of the […]

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Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”

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Few artists write with the kind of raw honesty and emotional depth that Foy Vance brings to his music. Across a career that has steadily unfolded over the last two decades, Vance has crafted songs that […]
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Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

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When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]
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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]

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