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Video Premiere: Petunia and The Vipers “Billy the Kid”

September 12, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the new single from Vancouver alt-country stars Petunia and The Vipers.  ‘Billy the Kid’ is a compelling retelling of the famous gunfighter’s story and the feel and sound of the song takes us right […]

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Interview: Satellite Inn’s Stiv Cantarelli on Italian Americana history

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Replacing Whiskeytown on Moodfood Records and being backed by Richmond Fontaine. Stiv Cantarelli has been able to carve out a musical career based on punk rock and his love of American roots music. This is all […]

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This new feature may well be the most challenging yet for the poor AUK writer. Previous tasks have required them to write gushingly about their favourite artists, both high profile and those under the radar, along […]

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Live Review: Steve Earle + Zandi Holup, Greenfield Lake Amphitheater, Wilmington, North Carolina – 31st August 2024

September 11, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

Steve Earle is touring with a new acoustic album titled “Alone Again Live,” going back to his roots as a troubadour with a guitar, a harmonica, a backpack full of songs, and some truths to tell. […]

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Cass McCombs announces archive release “Seed Cake On Leap Year”

September 11, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Cass McCombs has announced the release of “Seed Cake On Leap Year”, which is available digitally now and in physical format on 8th November 2024, marking his return to the Domino label. “Seed Cake On Leap […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Something for the weekend: Lilly Hiatt “Bean”

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That’s it from us for another week dear reader, and we leave you news of a new full-length album from Lilly Hiatt which will be released this autumn, on October 15th to be precise. ‘Lately’ was […]

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