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Video Premiere: Grain Thief “Tapawingo”

October 28, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1
‘Tapawingo’, the new single from roots string band Grain Thief, is simply beautiful music to lose yourself in.  Displaying excellent musicianship and songcraft, Grain Thief perform with grace and elegance, creating timeless, immersive music.  The Boston-based quintet […]
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Todd Snider “High, Lonesome And Then Some”

October 27, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
A wry set of songs rooted in experience and humour. Over thirty years since the release of his debut, “Songs For The Daily Planet”, Todd Snider’s latest album is clearly marked by the passage of time […]
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Americana UK’s Halloween Horrors – ’tis the season of… the witch!

October 27, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Come in, come in – mind the cobwebs. Take a seat… NO! No, not there, that seat is…well, never mind, never mind. I expect you’re wondering what this is all about, we had hoped that the […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Red Sammy

October 27, 2025 Dean Nardi 1
Like good luck and high tide, Baltimore-based band Red Sammy return to AUK for an exclusive mini-gig featuring their brand of slow-burning Americana folk-rock. The set was recorded was recorded at Stages Studios in Baltimore, Maryland. […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Nils Lofgren “Dear Heartbreaker”

October 27, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
In 2019, eight years after his last studio release (“Old School”), Nils Lofgren reached back into the archives for six songs he recorded with Lou Reed and put those together with four songs of his own […]

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The title of this piece is “More People Really Should Know About“, but I’d wager that more people have come across Demi Marriner and her work than realise, so perhaps the piece should be entitled More […]
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Providence’s Deer Tick have announced the 5th June release of their ninth studio album, Coin-O-Matic, via ATO. The LP is said to cast a bright light on a little-known facet of the American mythos: the hidden […]

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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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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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