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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Reid Parsons

July 15, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
Reid Parsons is a Vermont native, having grown up in little Moretown, about an hour from the capital city of Burlington, where she currently resides. “I am so lucky to live here and to have been […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Nick Meltio

July 10, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
The burly, bearded man you see hugging his Gibson J45 guitar in the video is Niklas (Nick) Meltio, who comes from Finland but is smitten by americana music. His debut album, “Desert Bound,” reflects the allure […]
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Behind the Songs: Chris Stamey “Anything Is Possible”

July 10, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
North Carolina singer-songwriter and producer Chris Stamey is an indie rock icon with a long and illustrious history, starting in the mid-70s with Mitch Easter in the band Sneakers, then co-founding the avant-pop band The dBs […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Monica Aben

July 2, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
This next AUK mini-gig is brought to you live from Monica Aben’s bedroom studio in California, which she shares with a Taylor 714 CE guitar that she got for a gift instead of a car for […]
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Interview: Michelle Billingsley on honky-tonkin’ and two-steppin’

July 2, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
It was a windy, wintry January day in Chicago when June, Michelle Billingsley’s 50-pound Australian Shepherd, jumped up beside her on the couch. “Yeah, she saw me putting on my makeup, which usually means I’m going […]

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Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]
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Tift Merritt “Sugar”

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Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]
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Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

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Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

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As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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Video: Josh Fortenbery “Nobody is Pleased”

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Josh Fortenbery’s latest song, a favourite in his live shows, explores how frustrating behaviours can become habitual or second nature. ‘Nobody is Pleased’ features gorgeous, swirling pedal steel from Erik Clampitt and dreamy harmony backing vocals […]
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The Way Down Wanderers “The Way Down Wanderers” (Independent, 2016)

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The Way Down Wanderers hail from Chicago and, although only playing, performing and writing together for 2 years, have steadily built a reputation as a band to watch. The opening track here ‘Dead Birds’ was an […]
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‘Sweet Lucinda‘ is the lead single from Tony Harrah’s new album ‘Unicorns‘, and focuses on farming desperation.  Not just crop failures or droughts – the desperation here is that of separating from a wife, the pointlessness […]

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