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AUK’s Chain Gang: Wayne Hancock “Double A Daddy”

April 24, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0
Thanks to Paul Kerr for offering Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder’s version of ‘2:10 Train’ as last week’s Chain Gang track, he couldn’t have left me with an easier open goal for this week. Train songs […]
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Live Review: Diana Jones, Twickfolk, Cabbage Patch, Twickenham – 16th April 2023

April 24, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0
As Diana Jones ended her performance to rapturous applause, the person next to your reviewer could not have summed it up better, “She gives you hope that the world might be a better place and she […]
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Dan Montgomery “Cast Iron Songs and Torch Ballads”

April 24, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0
Troubadour cranks up the volume for raucous 7th. ‘Cast Iron Songs and Torch Ballads‘ is Memphis native Dan Montgomery’s 7th album in a music-making career of 20-plus years. It’s a pretty straight-ahead blue-collar roots rockin’ record, […]
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Jason Ringenberg shares details of UK tour this Spring

April 24, 2023 Emily Dongray 0
AMA Lifetime Achievement Award winner, frontman of Jason and The Scorchers, and AKA Farmer Jason, Jason Ringenberg has announced their “Barnstorming Europe” tour, including nine UK dates starting in Leicester on May 10th. The tour promotes […]
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Dan Whitaker “I Won’t Play By Your Rules”

April 24, 2023 Jonathan Smith 0
Vintage Americana sounds by seasoned songwriter. With 13 albums already under his belt, the arrival of Dan Whitaker’s 14th also marks the transition from his long-time home of Chicago to Austin, Texas, a place he describes […]

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As we await the outcome of our search for the Best Americana Song Of All Time, Dean Nardi kicks off the return of our popular Essentials series with a light-hearted look at the songs that pepper […]
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Brown Horse “Total Dive”

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Another stellar offering from a band with a burgeoning reputation. Norfolk’s Brown Horse is a band that is nothing if not prolific. Total Dive is the band’s third album in as many years. That productivity probably […]
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Mom and Pop Music artists The Brudi Brothers have announced the release of a new EP titled Dark & Stormy on April 17th. In celebration of the release, vaunted Seattle radio station KEXP has aired The […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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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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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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