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Old Crow Medicine Show “best of” collection will include new material

December 8, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0

Rolling Stone Country reports: “It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 12 years since Old Crow Medicine Show released their studio debut O.C.M.S., having spent several years busking and playing festivals before signing a record deal […]

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Ryan Adams releases first track from new album – Listen

December 8, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0

Remember when this used to happen about six times a year? Rolling Stone reports: “Ryan Adams released the first single, a power ballad called “Do You Still Love Me,” from his forthcoming new album Prisoner, set to […]

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Jim Lauderdale: new album and UK tour dates, February

December 7, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0

One of those iconic people in americana, songwriter Jim Lauderdale releases his new studio album London Southern on February 3rd 2017 and will take part in the hugely popular Transatlantic Sessions tour in February, starting in Glasgow […]

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Normafest festival returns for third year

December 7, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0

Normafest, a weekend in celebration of all things to do with folk music legend and BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Norma Waterson MBE will be taking place in early January for the third year running. […]

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Tom Paxton heads to UK for dates – January

December 7, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0

Tom Paxton, that cheeky chappie with the avuncular face, is heading to the UK next month for some dates, with support from Cathy and Marcy (no surname provided). Tom has had a music career spanning more than […]

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A faltering, introverted, vocal carries this delicate song of social anxiety and an inability to connect with others.  Alienation and anxiety and a tense swell of fear building within her “there’s a storm in my chest […]

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Today’s FORGOTTEN ARTISTS article brings you something a little different from AUK writer Gordon Sharpe. Here, Gordon takes a look at the career of one of the great lyricists of American music. Dorothy, ‘Dory’, Veronica Previn […]

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