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About Graeme Tait
Hi. I'm Graeme, a child of the sixties, eldest of three, born into a Forces family. Keen guitar player since my teens, (amateur level only), I have a wide, eclectic taste in music and an album collection that exceeds 5.000. Currently reside in the beautiful city of Lincoln.
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Paul Kelly “Fever Longing Still”

November 7, 2024 Graeme Tait 6
Creative fire still burns for Australia’s finest songsmith with first album release of the decade. With “Fever Longing Still”, his 29th studio album, and first solo release of self-penned songs since 2018’s “Nature”, Paul Kelly has […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: Amanda Rheaume + Sharon Maher, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 19th October 2024

October 28, 2024 Graeme Tait 0
The ‘Super-Moon’ hovered majestically above the Village Hall in North Newbald, shining its light like a beacon for tonight’s congregation made up of both locals and travellers, all full of anticipation and excitement for the pending […]
Hannah Aldridge + Katie Bates, live at The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, - 11th October 2024
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Live Review: Hannah Aldridge + Katie Bates, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey -11th October 2024

October 25, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
Tonight’s headline act, the Muscle Shoals born but now Nashville-based Hannah Aldridge, was making no-less than her fourth visit to Lincolnshire’s premier Americana venue, The Town Hall at Kirton in Lindsey, having most recently headlined the […]
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Chuck Ragan “Love And Lore”

October 24, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
First solo album in ten years from Hot Water Music frontman proves well worth the wait. Chuck Ragan’s musical career casts a long shadow that stretches back over thirty years, having first made his name as […]
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AUK’s Monthly EP’s Round-Up – October 2024

October 23, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
Well here we are again dear readers. The lazy sun may require a little longer to rise these mornings while the arrival of dusks descends upon us with a little more stealth each evening, all signposting […]

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It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]
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Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

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Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]
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On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

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As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

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Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Seasick Steve “Bootstraps” – won’t lift ya’ no more

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What an idle fellow this Tracks Editor is – here’s him doing another “needs no introduction” song selection – the latest single from The Last Season of America, a new album of stirring protest songs and […]
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Jerry Leger’s new single, which you can hear here first, will literally be everywhere from today.  It can be picked up on Bandcamp, will be added as a digital bonus song on the deluxe version of […]

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