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Political Pops

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

Features

Pick of the Political Pops: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “In Good Faith”

February 12, 2021 Paul Villers 0
This week we were reminded of a thing that happened. You know the thing… erm… god, what was it called? Y’know. There was lots of arguing and some flag waving and shouting. That thing. My god […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Hank Williams Jr. “Stock Market Blues”

February 5, 2021 Paul Villers 0
This week were amused by the news that some plucky amateurs had taken on the hedge funds and stuck it to them causing a couple to actually get into considerable financial difficulty. An in-depth discussion of […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: John Prine “Some Humans Ain’t Human”

January 29, 2021 Paul Villers 0
So this week we learned the depressing news that the UK covid-19 death toll has passed now some 100,000. You may be asking yourself why. That we can’t answer but we are drawn to this extract […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Wilco “Just Say Goodbye”

January 22, 2021 Paul Villers 1
So he’s gone then – your part Scottish, part German fellah orange of skin and bouffant of hair. He made sure that they executed some people and that he pardoned some others before he went off. […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: John Denver “Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)”

December 18, 2020 Paul Villers 0
For this Yuletide edition of Pick of the Political Pops and the last of the year we did consider having a review/round up of the past twelve months. Then we had a word with ourselves and […]

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Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years

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Alex Dupree “Talking To The Dog”

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Thunder and Rain, live at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 28th August 2026

Live Review: Thunder and Rain, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 28th August 2026

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Track Premiere: Jaspar Lepak “On The Inside”

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Video: Cole Gallagher “Chatting Through Steel (Revisited)” ft. David Hidalgo

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case/lang/veirs
Anniversary Cheers

Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years

September 3, 2026 0
Outstanding one-off album is re-released together with an album of live tracks from the tour that accompanied the album, plus a new song (on vinyl and CD). case/lang/veirs was released in 2016. In keeping with the […]
Album Reviews

Alex Dupree “Talking To The Dog”

September 3, 2026 0
Allow yourself to be captivated by a master musician’s vivid imagination. There’s always a hope that listening to a new album will take the listener to a place they hadn’t been to before. Through inspired music […]
Thunder and Rain, live at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 28th August 2026
Live Reviews

Live Review: Thunder and Rain, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 28th August 2026

September 3, 2026 0
As I travelled to this evening’s show through the Lincolnshire countryside, the consequences of this long, hot summer were visible as far as the eye could see. In place of the “green and pleasant land” so […]

  • Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years
  • Alex Dupree “Talking To The Dog”
  • Live Review: Thunder and Rain, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 28th August 2026
  • Track Premiere: Jaspar Lepak “On The Inside”
  • Video: Cole Gallagher “Chatting Through Steel (Revisited)” ft. David Hidalgo
  • After a four-year break, Rayland Baxter will release latest album in October
  • Dom Glynn and His Sunday Best “This Fast Life Is Killing Me”
  • Nick Mitchell Maiato “Naquera”
  • Jack Barksdale “The Scam Song” – seem’s ok and above board…
  • Video Premiere: Scott Cook “Steady For You”
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

February 26, 2026 1
I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Morton Valence “It’s a Brand New Morning”

November 28, 2022 0
In the latest video from Morton Valence, Anne Gilpin twists, pirouettes and high-kicks her way through a nondescript English town, rendered lifeless by the black and white footage.  Her surroundings, bleached of colour, are in stark contrast […]
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Track premiere: Rainbrother “Black Chemicals”

February 8, 2018 0
Rainbrother were formed while frontman Bjarke Bendtsen was touring with The Migrant in Europe – he performed with a group of fellow Danish musicians and after moving back to his home turf, decided the sound was too good a […]

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