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Jim Lauderdale talks about Liverpool (yay) and his new album

July 3, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

The more astute AUK reader may know what we’re a Liverpool based website, a city which doesn’t come up too often in americana circles so it’s nice when it does.  RS Country report this morning: “Jim Lauderdale […]

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Juanita Stein “I’ll Cry” – Listen

July 3, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

I’ll Cry is the latest single to be taken from “America”, the debut solo album by Brighton based Juanita Stein, available on the Nude label from the 28th July. Already well known as the singer-songwriter with Howling […]

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New double Waterboys album lands in September

June 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

The Waterboys will release their new studio double album “Out Of All This Blue” on September 8th, their first for BMG Records who they recently signed with. Produced by Mike Scott and recorded in Dublin and […]

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David Ramirez announces new single, UK dates

June 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Thirty Tigers signing David Ramirez has just announced his fourth album “We’re Not Going Anywhere” which is due out September 8th, and he’s touring the UK next week. Ramirez, who comes from the perspective of having a […]

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Hans Chew “Give Up the Ghost” – Listen

June 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Hans Chew has travelled a long way from Tennessee to Georgia to New Orleans to East Harlem, and sang many songs along his journey. But what happens when a ramblin’ man stops moving? Find out when […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Johnny Cash, when asked why he always wore black, wrote this song in response. Here he sings it for the first time on his own TV show. There were some very memorable performances on the Johnny […]

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Video: Adrian Sutherland “Politician Man”

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Here is a protest song that began its life in northern Canada, where Adrian Sutherland’s remote Cree community, Attawapiskat, faced a crisis due to contaminated water.  Anger over political finger-pointing and inaction inspired the song ‘Politician […]

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Track Premiere: Evan Barber “Jesus And The Kid”

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Evan Barber has been making his mark in the Americana/roots music scene in the southern USA for gtting on for a decade. In that time the Albany, Georgia native as well as writing, recording, and touring […]

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