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Alan Fletcher “The Point”

March 6, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
Aussie soap star finds a perfect band to help him deliver his vision of Americana On a couple of levels it seems absurd for AUK to be reviewing an album recorded by a 65-year-old Australian actor, […]
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Karen Jonas “The Restless”

March 6, 2023 David Jarman 0
Virginia-based Jonas and her touring band bring a fine set of self-penned songs for her 6th album release. ‘The Restless’ is Karen Jonas’ sixth album release, following her well-received 2020 release ‘The Southwest Sky and Other […]
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Jeffrey Scott “Going Down To Georgia On A Hog”

March 6, 2023 Alan Fitter 0
‘Going Down To Georgia On A Hog’ is a superb title for an excellent album of old-school country blues played and sung by Jeffrey Scott, a master of the genre. Jeffrey Scott’s latest album ‘Going Down […]
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Justin Tipton & The Troublemakers “Burn These Bridges”

March 3, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0
A good Southern rock record, but not distinctive enough to push it up above the attention parapet. Justin Tipton & The Troublemakers are a rock band from Dallas, TX comprising Tipton (vocals, guitar), Josh Vaughn (“slinging […]
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Humbletown “The Path I Chose to Walk”

March 3, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0
Living life to the full through a masterful blend of folk, bluegrass and old-time country. The first impression on listening to these songs around virtuosos on clawhammer banjo and flat-picking guitar is that this entire collection […]

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Live Review: Truman Sinclair + May Payne, The George Tavern, Stepney, London – 28th April 2026

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Travelling from London’s centre, the “Lizzy line” as it is colloquially known, takes you to Whitechapel in the East End in under eight minutes. Unless you make a pitstop at The Blind Beggar, the scene of […]
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India Ramey “Villain Era”

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The Wednesday Adams of country music serves up a treat. Fifty-one years after Loretta Lynn shocked Nashville by releasing The Pill, her spirit is alive and well in the form of India Ramey. Her fifth studio […]
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Shakey Graves “Fondness, Etc.”

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Shakey Graves ploughs his own furrow in atmospheric and enigmatic fashion with songs and a sound which draw you in. He may have a name which sounds as if he should be a cemetery worker in […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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We thought dear reader we’d leave you with something a little different this week. Singer-songwriter Frank Turner never got on with his distant and disapproving father. Things got even worse between them when Frank discovered the […]
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The Deslondes “Ways and Means”

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Postmodern Americana from Nashville-based The Deslondes. Is there such a thing as Postmodern Americana? My internet search found no matches, so I guess I’ve coined the phrase, inspired by the latest release from Nashville-based The Deslondes. […]
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