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AUK’s Paul Villers has a weekly look at the news with an accompanying Americana song

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Pick of the Political Pops: Woody Guthrie “All You Fascists Bound To Lose”

September 6, 2019 Paul Villers 0
Your regular correspondent has been on a sabbatical of late taking part in something called “The Real World” away from the delights and highlights of the Internet Universe. Trust – it’s a dreadful place. Don’t go […]
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Pick of the political pops: Steve Earle “John Walker’s Blues”

August 30, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
In a week where it seems like there’s almost nothing new under the sun to say about Brexit that hasn’t been said a million times over, in today’s Pops we cast our minds back to the […]
Features

Pick of the Political Pops: The Pogues “The Band Played Waltzing Matilda”

August 23, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1
‘And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda’ is a song written by Scottish-born Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle in 1971 which has since become a standard in Australian folk circles (William Crighton did an amazing version of it […]
Features

Pick of the political pops: Kacey Musgraves “Oh, What A World”

August 16, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Kacey Musgraves this week expressed her anger over the US government’s stance on gun reform, following two mass shootings in the US this past weekend. “I don’t know what the answer is but obviously something has […]
Features

Pick of the political pops: Leon Rosselson “World Turned Upside Down”

August 9, 2019 Mark Whitfield 2
In April 1649 about 20 men assembled at St. George’s Hill, Surrey, and began to cultivate the common land. These Diggers held that the English Civil Wars had been fought against the king and the great […]

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Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour

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Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

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Ismay “Half Truth”

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Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour

July 14, 2026 0
Hollow Hand, the project of Brighton’s Max Kinghorn-Mills, steps out of the bedroom on Wish Road South, recorded live as a trio after touring with MJ Lenderman and Caitlin Rose. The album comes out on the […]
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Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

July 14, 2026 0
Babehoven, the Hudson, NY-based project of singer/songwriter Maya Bon and producer and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Albert, have announced their new album, I See Them, I See Me, due 18th September 2026 via Double Double Whammy. I See […]
Album Reviews

Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”

July 14, 2026 0
Majestic debut from Virginia songwriter with a fascinating true backstory. When it comes to musical inspiration, a musician’s life is integral to what music he or she makes. For Brennan Gilmore, that inspiration comes from a […]

  • Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour
  • Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn
  • Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”
  • More People Really Should Know About: James Hodder
  • Ismay “Half Truth”
  • Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm
  • Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
Interviews

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

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Videos

Video: Banty Holler “Hit This Chord”

May 6, 2022 0
There’s such a great foot-tapping rhythm in this song from Banty Holler, recorded live at Remco Zwinkels’ studio.  Banty Holler is a musical project that has at times been a trio and occasionally a solo act.  […]
Tracks

The High Divers “Ride With You” – Listen

May 20, 2019 0
Now it’s true the first 20 seconds or so of the intro sounds uncommonly like ‘Cinnamon Girl‘, but stick with it as The High Divers open the song out to be a tragic memorial to having […]
Book Reviews

Book Review – Jonathan Taplin “The Magic Years: Scenes From a Rock-and-Roll Life”

June 1, 2021 0
A book that asserts music’s power to bring change. Former A-list road manager, movie producer, investment banker, professor, technological inventor, and writer, Jonathan Taplin’s memoir tells you more about his life and times than about the […]

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