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About Keith Hargreaves
Riding the one eyed horse into dead town the scales fell from his eyes. Music was the only true god at once profane and divine The dust blew through his mind as he considered the offering... And then he scored it out of ten and waited for the world to wake up
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 81

January 17, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
A New Year and an old problem Coming back to school after the Christmas holidays is always a grind. The bright lights of Christmas cheer have dimmed to a murky gloom foreshadowing cold days, cold nights […]
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AUK Chain Gang: Forest for the Trees “Dream”

January 9, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 2
So how to follow Martin Stephenson and the Daintees? Well… and this is a bit of a left-turn genre-wise, but stick with me. Let’s take the name Stephenson and follow it. I’m suggesting Karl Stephenson, producer […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 80

December 14, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 2
Chris Rea has started his car – mine on the other hand… It’s always the case that school runs towards Christmas with a rictus grin, a mince pie in one hand and bottle of Valium in […]
Columns

Dear Dr. Cleetus… Am I too hairy for Americana?

December 7, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Every month Dr Cleetus Hose, renowned relationship and sexual health guru shares his advice for Americana UK readers. Dear Dr Cleetus, I have long been a fan of Americana music and all the things that go […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 79

December 6, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Reports, reports, reports… Tis the season to be jolly and that sort of thing, tis also the season to be up to your proverbial in reports that have to be written in order that parents have […]

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Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers and Dylan LeBlanc

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A double bill of interviews this week finds Keith talking to Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers as they tour the UK and Dylan LeBlanc as he takes time out from recording a family project. There’s […]
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Brian Fallon “Not Bad For Jersey” – not rocking Bergerac’s patch

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Brian Fallon of the Gaslight Anthem returns with his first new solo music in five years, to be released via Lesser Known Records. As you might imagine, it’s a pretty hard-rocking outing, and on Not Bad […]
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Video: Jim Ghedi “The Hungry Child” – the injustice and loss of life

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Sheffield folk artist Jim Ghedi has released one of the most atmospheric and intense music videos that you’ll see this year. Unfolding like a dark folk-horror movie, the visual for The Hungry Child is beautifully and […]

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  • Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations
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Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

May 14, 2026 0
Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

May 13, 2026 0
The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]
Interviews

Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

May 12, 2026 0
“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

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Something for the weekend: Margo Price with Billy Strings & Jesse Welles “Maggie’s Farm” (Live at Farm Aid 40)

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Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. I found a new way to hate Spotify this morning. Woke up, went to the “Release Radar” playlist which appears on Fridays and saw the cover […]
Political Pops

Pick of the Political Pops: George Jones “What’s Money?”

February 28, 2020 0
This week down in The Bunker in Americana-UK Towers much hilarity was caused when we watched on our Radio Rentals small screen cathode ray tube TV (look it up kids) a statement from The House of […]
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10 americana food songs to tuck into

April 23, 2021 0
Ask any reader of this site what their great pleasures in life are and many will presumably say music. It’s probably a decent bet though, that many of them would also say food. It therefore makes […]

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