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Month: April 2026

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Video Premiere: Florence Dore “Twelve Great Minds (Department Meeting)”

April 29, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
The new single from Florence Dore is a rocking, insistent anthem for a problem that many of us will associate with: meetings at work that manage to be both boring and pointless. With Will Rigby’s restless […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 Martin Johnson 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
Album Reviews

Adam Klein with Adam Poulin “Live at Leesta Vall Sound Recordings”

April 28, 2026 Darren Lumbroso 0
Intimate, personal songs, recorded live and elevated by expressive fiddle playing. Adam Klein’s Live at Leesta Vall Sound Recordings originates from a raw, intimate 2019 in‑studio session with violinist Adam Poulin, recorded at Leesta Vall in […]
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Features

More People Really Should Know About: Blue Water Highway

April 28, 2026 Andrew Lefley 0
Blue Water Highway is an Austin-based Americana/folk rock band. Their signature is considered songwriting across a variety of styles, but always melodic, with fantastic harmony singing. Musically timeless, there are elements of Laurel Canyon songwriting, focussing […]
Red Clay Stays
News

The Red Clay Strays to release their new album in June

April 28, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
The Red Clay Strays have unveiled their new album, Grateful, arriving via HBYCO Records/RCA Records on 5th June 2026. Produced once again by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit), Grateful […]

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Something for the weekend: Passenger “It Was Gonna Be You”

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Aaron Lee Tasjan “Get Over It, Underdog”

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Paperback Riders: George Takei “To The Stars”

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Classic Clips: Julian Taylor “Friend Of The Devil” – LIVE at SiriusXM, 2019

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The Morning Line polish up their Stars on a new label and look to the future

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Tracks

Something for the weekend: Passenger “It Was Gonna Be You”

August 14, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Passenger out today called It Was Gonna Be You which doesn’t really have a whole lot of […]
artwork for Aaron Lee Tasjan album Get Over It, Underdog
Album Reviews

Aaron Lee Tasjan “Get Over It, Underdog”

August 14, 2026 0
A broad-spectrum listening experience packed with vibrant, timeless songs. Aaron Lee Tasjan sought counsel from his longstanding friend and mentor, the late great Todd Snider, to help loosen the shackles of imposter syndrome that were tying […]
Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: George Takei “To The Stars”

August 14, 2026 0
George Takei’s 1994 autobiography, To the Stars, is rather more than a standard Hollywood memoir. Whilst it does cover his years on the USS Enterprise in detail, the more interesting aspects lie in the exploration of […]

  • Something for the weekend: Passenger “It Was Gonna Be You”
  • Aaron Lee Tasjan “Get Over It, Underdog”
  • Paperback Riders: George Takei “To The Stars”
  • Classic Clips: Julian Taylor “Friend Of The Devil” – LIVE at SiriusXM, 2019
  • The Morning Line polish up their Stars on a new label and look to the future
  • Gin Wigmore “Beautiful Mess”
  • The latest AUK Podcast is now available featuring Laura Veirs
  • Kaz Murphy “Iowa Ohio Arizona” – swinging places for swinging people
  • Video: Ned Collette “Commandeered Parade” – new horror from old books on the shelf
  • Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard
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Interviews

Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

August 13, 2026 0
Americana UK’s Ian Rothery caught up with Waylon Payne via Zoom at his home in Nashville on one of the few days of the year when it might actually have been hotter in the UK than […]
Interviews

Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 1
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]
Interviews

Interview: Frank Turner reflects on 20 years of Campfire Punkrock

August 11, 2026 0
Remarkably, it is twenty years since Frank Turner released his first solo EP: Campfire Punkrock. The very title was both a statement of intent and a conscious identifier, defining his sound and the purpose of his […]

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Video: Arborist “Taxi”

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Now here’s something a bit different from Northern Ireland man Arborist aka Mark McCambridge.  It’s a spoken word piece from his album ‘A Northern View‘, out in February 2020, a story of decline and regret built […]
Album Reviews

Sweet Billy Pilgrim “Wapentak” (PledgeMusic, 2018)

August 31, 2018 0
It has been three years since Sweet Billy Pilgrim’s last release and it seems that more than time has been left behind. The stripped-down duo of Tim Elsenberg and Jana Carpenter (they used to be a […]
Tracks

The Suitcase Junket “One More Mile” – take that step

July 16, 2026 0
One More Mile is the latest single from The Suitcase Junket, the recording name of poetic folkster Matt Lorenz.  It’s a song that in a sense belies it’s upbeat tempo and optimistic feel –  it’s taken […]

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