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More People Really Should Know About: Marc Delgado

January 22, 2025 Dean Nardi 1
The X stands for the unknown. Marc Delgado is a man of contradictions, a musician and a poet, a recovering addict, a family man, a loner. He is also one of the best singer/songwriters in the […]
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Anniversary Cheers: Nonesuch Records gives Wilco’s “A Ghost Is Born” super deluxe packaging to celebrate 20 years

January 20, 2025 Dean Nardi 1
Let’s be sure all the i’s are crossed and the t’s dotted before getting into the whys and wherefores of Wilco in concert with Nonesuch Records releasing the 20th anniversary super deluxe package of their Grammy-winning […]
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Interview: James Mastro on Richard Lloyd, Ian Hunter, Richard Barone, to name a few

January 16, 2025 Dean Nardi 1
If James Mastro has health and happiness, he’s a rich man. His Facebook blurb states “I write songs and sing them if I have to. Guitarist, producer, and fake a host of other instruments. A sordid […]
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Live Review: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers + H.C. McEntire, Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, North Carolina – 16th November, 2024

January 14, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
There always comes a moment in any antsy, over-stuffed crowd waiting for the main performer to take the stage, when a chorus of voices rises, hands clapping as the house music fades. It was no different […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Other Brother Daryl

January 13, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
It’s probably the same anywhere in the world. Even though, your first exposure to popular music most likely came from the radio, you come to love local music, the bands and the clubs. Being born and […]

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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

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We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]
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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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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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Wyndham Baird’s debut showcases a selection of folk and country standards. Wyndham Baird grew up in rural North Carolina and moved to Asheville for college at the same time as the financial crisis, whereupon he opted […]
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Classic Clips: Emmylou Harris “Where Will I Be” – BBC Later… with Jools Holland, 1995

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Check out the latest single from singer-songwriter Madeline Rosene.  ‘Words’ features, warm guitar and sonic layers that add mesmerising, darker  depths and textures.  Most striking of all, Rosene’s sweetly melodic vocal is totally captivating, drawing us […]

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