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JD Graham “A Pound Of Rust”

July 10, 2023 GrahamBollands 0
Songs telling personal stories and a performance that is stripped back and raw, providing a compelling listen. JD Graham is a singer-songwriter with quite a story to tell, and his new album, ‘A Pound Of Rust‘, […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Jaime Wyatt (feat. Shooter Jennings) “Hurt So Bad”

July 10, 2023 Helen Jones 0
Last week, Graeme Tait picked Marty Stuart’s ‘This One’s Gonna Hurt You (For A Long Long Time)’, so this week, I thought another song about hurting was in order – which is, admittedly not something the […]
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Nathan Seeckts “Something Rare and Beautiful”

July 10, 2023 Andrew Raw 0
Vibrant and emotional alt-country from Australian singer-songwriter. Nathan Seeckts is from Geelong, a city on the southern coast of Australia near Melbourne. ‘Something Rare And Beautiful’ is his second album after 2019’s ‘The Heart Of The […]
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The Grahams “The Wild One” – forever, we hope

July 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
The Grahams are marking a decade with a new eponymous album out September 8th which revisits songs from their back catalogue, reshaping and reimagining them through the prism of experience.  It’s a decade which saw a […]
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Exclusive AUK Black Deer Backstage Video: My Girl The River

July 10, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
The Black Deer Festival 2023 was, as ever, an escape into a fantastic world of music and American culture.  There are still a few Super Early Bird tickets left for 2024 here.  The range of acts across […]

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Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0
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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Big Harp “Runs to Blue”

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Los Angeles-based Big Harp duo relaunch with plainspoken album after ten-year hiatus. Farmland and ranches make up close on 90% of Nebraska’s land area. Not the likeliest place to find a thriving indie music hub, perhaps; […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Jefferson Airplane “Comin’ Back to Me”

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If I were to casually name-drop Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow (1967), you might find yourself thinking about Grace Slick’s voice bellowing through Somebody to Love, or the rolling-drum acid-trip stylings of White Rabbit. God knows those […]

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Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0
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 […]
Interviews

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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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
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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Nathan Bell + Kirsteen Harvey, Glasgow Americana Festival, The Admiral bar, Glasgow, 30th September 2021

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With the pandemic still heavy in the air and US acts stuck on a tightrope as to whether to tour or not to tour abroad, it was heart-warming to learn that Nathan Bell had been jabbed […]
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RS Country revisit Uncle Tupelo classic

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Well we’re being over-run by giants here in Liverpool this weekend, of the French rather than jolly green or belonging to Jessie variety, so before we get flattened, we leave you with this feature from RS […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 188 “Things ain’t wot they used to be”

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Today is my birthday and as a present to myself in July 1980 I made my way to the Stafford Bingley Hall to attend the… ahem…” Over the Top Heavy Metal Brain Damage Party” featuring seven […]

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