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Columbia announce details of next release of Bob Dylan bootleg series

November 21, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings have announced details of new release ‘Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17’ which lands on Friday, January 27th 2023. The release will […]

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Something for the weekend: First Aid Kit “Ready to Run”

November 11, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dearest of readers. Hope you enjoyed reading your own choices for the best albums of the 21st century yesterday which prove that we are all basically on the same page […]

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It’s the 2022 AUK Readers Poll! Vote for your favourite americana from the last year

November 6, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

As Iron Maiden once said in their cheerful classic ‘The Clairvoyant’, “as soon as you’re born you’re dying” and as we hurtle towards our graves at an ever-quickening pace, it will surprise no-one that here we […]

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Something for the weekend: Seth Avett “Laughing River”

November 4, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it for another wet and windy week from us dear reader and we leave you with a new song from a new album from one half of the Avett Brothers, Seth Avett. Avett once made […]

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Our new AUK supporters playlist is out today – win tickets to see The Delines on UK tour next week

November 4, 2022 Mark Whitfield 1

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters including new tracks by Billy Strings, Dean Owens, The Attention Seekers and Alela Diane […]

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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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Modern rock n’roll served up with energy, charm and love. Simon Stanley Ward and his band The Shadows Of Doubt have been together since 2013 and recorded their first album ‘Simon Stanley Ward’ in 2015 and […]

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Video: Phil Hooley “The Veteran’s Song”

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Here’s a brilliantly melodic song from Scarborough singer-songwriter Phil Hooley.  “The Veteran’s Song” wasn’t selected for inclusion on Hooley’s last album, 2023’s “Provenance” because it didn’t quite fit with the spare, acoustic nature of that collection.  […]

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The best singer-songwriter of his generation? – Discuss. Michael McDermott delivers an awesome twosome! “Michael McDermott is one of the finest singer-songwriters of this generation” – so said Stephen King after listening to McDermott’s third album […]

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