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Pick of the Political Pops: k.d. lang “Big Boned Gal”

March 12, 2021 Paul Villers 0
This week at Americana-UK Towers we have been in full celebration mode in respect of International Women’s Day. The slight fly in the ointment is that in the twenty-first century we still need to have such […]
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Shuffle: Funeral Music

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These dark days of the global pandemic have not in any way increased the number of times I think about the music I want to be played at my funeral. I have been thinking about it […]
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Sounds from the Shed – Week 9

March 10, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0
A monumental week for all of us. So I cleared the desk, put the laptop in its case, HD camera combo in its box, packed the files into a bulging Aldi bag, noted in my diary […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Willie Nelson “If You’ve Got The Money I’ve Got The Time”

March 5, 2021 Paul Villers 0
This week we had what grown-ups call The Budget which is essentially where important people in London scribble down a few sums on the back of a fag packet (fags didn’t go up you’ll recall so […]
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What should I do, Americana UK?

March 4, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s been a slightly longer pause than anticipated since the last attempt to answer all conundrums posed in a song through the words of another song.  But here we are, back by the clamour of popular […]

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Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]
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