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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: Ry Cooder “How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live”

March 1, 2019 Paul Villers 0
Down here in The Bunker we have a simple sort of justice which applies when one of our number is accused of doing something wrong. They are questioned and then allowed a right of reply. For […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: 10CC “The Sacro Illiac”

February 22, 2019 Paul Villers 0
Our eagle-eyed reader (we’ve established that there is one of you) will remember that last week we were somewhat nervous at being summoned unto the company of The Big Boss Editor. Fear not gentle reader – […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: The Delmore Brothers “Browns Ferry Blues”

February 15, 2019 Paul Villers 0
This week sees your humble correspondent and his encumbrance being treated to an outing in the wilds of the People’s Republic of Liverpudlia. The Editor, in a highly unusual display of largesse and munificence, has insisted […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: The Gourds “Everybody’s Missing The Sun”

February 8, 2019 Paul Villers 1
Down here in The Bunker at Americana UK Towers we have five lever locks and ten bolts on the door. Mostly this is to keep out the hoi polio – fans who want to snog us […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Merle Haggard “Oil Tanker Train”

February 1, 2019 Paul Villers 0
This week news reached us in The Bunker that The World and His Wife (by which we of course mean The World and His/Her Significant Other) had decided that what is happening in Venezuela is their […]

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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 […]
Babehoven
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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
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”
  • Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”
  • Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers
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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 […]
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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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Video Premiere: James Mastro “Someday Someone Will Turn Your Head Around”

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Upbeat and uplifting, the new single from James Mastro is an anthem for the weary and downtrodden, for anyone carrying a heavy load.  Ultimately, ‘Someday Someone Will Turn Your Head Around’ is full of hope – […]
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Video: Lisa Wright “Tennessee”

June 14, 2018 0
This is the excellent new single from rising Brit country star Lisa Wright, taken from her new EP Mind Of Mine which is out now.
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Gerry Spehar “Other Voices”

June 21, 2024 0
Multiple artists breathe life into a multivariate catalogue. Gerry Spehar has been busy. The Colorado singer-songwriter returns with ‘Other Voices,’ part of a late-career flurry of releases. A wide-ranging album, produced by Spehar himself, showcases four […]

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