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Gretchen Peters “The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury” (Proper Records, 2020)

June 10, 2020 Emily Dongray 0
Inducted into the Nashville Hall of Fame just six years ago after a twenty-year career in music, Gretchen Peters is a singer-songwriter who has enjoyed writing for many notable country artists including Shania Twain, George Strait, […]
Album Reviews

Craig Gerdes “Tough as Nails” (Independent, 2020)

June 9, 2020 Guy Lincoln 1
Make no mistake this is a country album, a no-nonsense, old fashioned honest to god working-man’s country record. And it’s as fine a one as you will hear this year: if not next year as well, […]
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Kieran Conaway “Your Ghosts” (Buoy58, 2020)

June 9, 2020 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0
The Americana music scene is getting crowded with new names. Getting a record deal is hard to come by, and in these hard times, it is even going to get harder. So it is no wonder […]
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Northline “this is AHORA” (Tunedly, 2020)

June 9, 2020 Viv Fish 0
This 5-song EP, by Northline, was inspired by a book of the same name by Willy Vlautin (of Richmond Fontaine, The Delines). In a nutshell, the book tells the story of a young girl living a […]
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Jason Simon “A Venerable Wreck” (BYM Records, 2020)

June 9, 2020 Mark Johnson 0
Few artists reviewed by AUK have had a Peel Session, but back in 2001, Jason Simon (as part of his still extant band Dead Meadow) recorded one for John Peel in Fugazi’s home studio. An energetic […]

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Tramp for the Lord “Seven Clouds of Joy”

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Tramp for the Lord “Seven Clouds of Joy”

June 29, 2026 0
Stoner Paisley Underground type tunes from California. Based way out on the west coast of the USA, Tramp for the Lord are, according to their bio, a loose group of musicians who’ve assembled to do service […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 242 “No words this week”

June 29, 2026 0
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Track Premiere: The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome To The Family”

June 29, 2026 0
It’s been a while, and then some, since we’ve had anything new from The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio, but rare as it might be, we’ve always liked what they have to say. Today, we have a […]

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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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Tickets for Morgan Wade’s May UK tour go on sale

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Morgan Wade has announced the “Crossing State Lines (And Oceans!)” acoustic headline tour for May 2023. Tickets went on sale on sale Friday. Kicking off in early May in the US, the tour will hit the […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Rodney Crowell Songs

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At first glance, a statement on an artist’s own website that, “as many say, your favourite song was probably written by Rodney Crowell” sounds a little exaggerated. But as a quiet giant of the americana scene […]
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The American Dream is dead. Long live Americana.

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