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Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Dixie Chicks “Taking The Long Way”

June 22, 2023 Peter Churchill 2
Eight years separate the 1998 Dixie Chicks release ‘Wide Open Spaces’, the group’s first album to feature Natalie Maines on lead vocals, and ‘Taking The Long Way’, the first album to follow the infamous 2003 Shepherd’s […]
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Nicholas Jamerson “Peace Mountain”

June 22, 2023 John Jenkins 0
A very good country and Appalachian album with great songs and excellent vocals throughout. This is an assured album – 14 songs and an additional 3 tracks of Dialogue. The dialogue tracks may not satisfy those […]
News

Old Crow Medicine Show announce new album “Jubilee”

June 22, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
Watch the video for the first single below. Old Crow Medicine Show, or OCMS if you’re in a hurry, have announced the release of their new album ‘Jubilee’ which lands in the UK on 25th August […]
Tracks

Anna Tivel “The Bell” – gorgeous gorgeous acoustic single

June 22, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Anna Tivel’s next release is on Mama Bird Recording Co. and will be out on August 18th.  It is called ‘Outsiders (Live in a Living Room)‘ and is an acoustic companion to her blissfully perfect ‘Outsiders‘.  […]
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Video: Cole Gallagher “Lines in the Sky”

June 22, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
Here is the latest single from Pasadena-based singer-songwriter Cole Gallagher.  ‘Lines in the Sky’ is the robust, dynamic follow-up to the well-received ‘Chatting Through Steel’, which was a powerful song featuring gritty vocals from David Hidalgo […]

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Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Jim Walker of Brighthelmstone Promotions

July 3, 2026 0
This week finds Keith talking to Jim Walker, head honcho at Brighton-based Brighthelmstone Promotions. Jim talks us through all the ins and outs of promoting, as well as tempting us with some fabulous South Coast events. […]
Tracks

Eric Andersen “Stand Up And Resist” – what will you risk?

July 3, 2026 0
Tomorrow’s a special day in America, and today we have a song that’s all about the America that Eric Andersen loves. A land where healthcare might be recognised as a right, a land where Freedom is […]
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Video: Our Man in the Field “Wall of Sound” – a chance encounter with an Arkansas truck driver

July 3, 2026 0
Wall of Sound is the new single from Alex Ellis’s musical project Our Man in the Field. With typically thoughtful, sensitive lyrics, the song features fine storytelling, focused on everyday people and everyday lives, captured in […]

  • Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Jim Walker of Brighthelmstone Promotions
  • Eric Andersen “Stand Up And Resist” – what will you risk?
  • Video: Our Man in the Field “Wall of Sound” – a chance encounter with an Arkansas truck driver
  • Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never
  • Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads
  • Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”
  • Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”
  • Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]
Interviews

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0
In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]
Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

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Tony and Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell (Hadestown, Bonny Light Horseman, Big Red Machine) will release her first album in a decade on BMG at the beginning of next year. Produced by Josh Kaufman, the 10-song […]
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Psychedelic plucking a go-go on mesmerising collection with special guests. You’ve got to be a respected musician if you can have Dinosaur Jr supremo J Mascis guest on your new album – and when he does […]
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Classic Clips: Al Stewart “Year Of The Cat” – Old Grey Whistle Test, 1976

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Mention Al Stewart in a word association game and it’s a fair bet that most responses would hit on ‘Year Of The Cat’. The song’s surprise success in the US was the catalyst for Stewart to […]

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