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R.R. Williams “Unremarkable Lives”

July 30, 2024 Andy Davidson 0
A record which is well-versed in the loss of people’s youthful aggression. AUK recently premiered the track ‘Tulsa‘ from this album. Recorded at Purple Aura Studio the proprietor being none other than John Moreland. Mike Williams […]
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Video: Anna Tivel “Bluebird”

July 30, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Anna Tivel continues her tradition of intimate, dreamy vocals on her new single ‘Bluebird’.  This is the second single from her sixth studio album. The video features performing in silhouette in front of found footage of […]
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10th anniversary reimagining for Sunny Sweeney’s “Provoked” and UK tour announced

July 30, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1
Sunny Sweeney, the country and americana singer-songwriter, who hails from Texas but is currently based in Nashville, is no stranger to music fans this side of the Atlantic.  Since the impact of her debut in 2006 […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Abby Hamilton

July 30, 2024 Andy Davidson 0
I know a little about Abby Hamilton. She hails from Nicholasville, Kentucky, and was introduced to music at an early age through family gatherings and the church, at first learning to play the piano and violin […]
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Steel Saddle “Steel Saddle”

July 30, 2024 Adrian Dzialdowski 0
Canadian country rock with a strong soulful twist. Steel Saddle is a six-piece Canadian band from Montreal. On their debut album, their relatively orthodox country rock instrumentation of guitars (electric, acoustic, pedal steel), organ/piano, bass and […]

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Crow And Gazelle “Fall How It Will” – more than one way to love

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Who are Crow and Gazelle? Well, we can share this about the Texas-based duo: Crow and Gazelle is Oklahoma Red Dirt pioneer Mike McClure and multidisciplinary artist Chrislyn Lawrence. McClure is a founding member of The […]
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Video: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “Life is Scary Horses” – an elegy for a future that might not remember us

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Check out the latest video from the acclaimed Bonnie “Prince” Billy, also known as musician Will Oldham. Life is Scary Horses is a re-invention of the song by Sally Timms and Jon Langford – indeed, Oldham […]
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Save the date – Americana 25 will celebrate 25 years of Americana UK in Liverpool in November!

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AUK celebrates with an event in Liverpool city centre on Saturday November 28th. Well, unbelievably, it was a quarter of a century ago that Americana UK first came into existence as a one-man operation run from a […]

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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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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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On ‘Im Not Crying, You’re Crying,’ Whitehorse show how complex Americana/Canadiana music can be. Whitehorse, or the Canadian duo comprising Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet, are no newcomers to Americana, or Canadiana (the same thing?) since […]
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Video: Foy Vance “We Almost Made It” – weary, confessional intimacy

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Foy Vance has released another striking single, We Almost Made It, which aches with vulnerability. Hushed and delicate, the song unfolds in bittersweet tones and a beautifully fluent melody over gently rolling drums. As ever, Vance’s […]

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