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Classic Clips: Scott Hutchison “Keep Yourself Warm” Live at Bloc, Glasgow 2012

August 2, 2024 Andy Davidson 0
Our classic clip this week is a song from Frightened Rabbit’s magnificent 2008 album ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’. On May 8th 2018 Scott Hutchison posted on Twitter, “I’m away now. Thanks”. Here’s a wee added bonus […]
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AUK’s Back Pages No.6

August 2, 2024 Paul Kerr 1
It’s the middle months of 2006 we revisit here. The shiny new website is pretty much unchanged as is the format of the CDs sent out to those Friends of Americana UK who subscribe. News wise […]
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Ani DiFranco “Unprecedented Sh!t”

August 2, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Editor’s note: We are not puritanical about swearing here at AUK, in fact we like a good cuss from time to time, but NSFW email filters might block tomorrow’s Mailchimp email if we don’t change the […]
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Live Review: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls + Ben Brown + The Meffs , Epic Studios, Norwich – 24th July 2024

August 2, 2024 Andrew Frolish 2
For fans of Frank Turner, there are few experiences comparable to his live shows.  There is a community of us ready to belt out the songs until we’re hoarse, ready to leap around with abandon with […]
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Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of tickets to see Dawn Landes at the Barbican

August 2, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0
Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Nada Surf, Sturgill Simpson, Beachwood Sparks, My Girl the […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

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The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]
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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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