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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Matthew Ryan

November 12, 2025 Paul Russell 2
Matthew Ryan has been making superb albums since 1997 and to date has amassed an impressive 18 solo albums, as well as three collaborations. His knack for writing instantly accessible hooks and tunes is seriously impressive, […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Van Morrison

November 5, 2025 Tim Martin 5
When my number came up for another spin round this feature, I found that the three artists who came to mind had all been covered already. Then I found myself listening back to an artist who […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Gene Clark

October 29, 2025 Graeme Tait 16
With this popular feature now well into its second year, I find myself challenged to make my fourth contribution. Having initially played safe with my first choice, Stephen Stills, I got rather bold with my second, […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jeffrey Foucault, Solo

October 22, 2025 FredArnold 2
Mention the name of Jeffrey Foucault to the ordinary music listener and you will almost certainly be met with a blank look, such that I almost feel as if Jeffrey Foucault ought to be a subject […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: The Black Crowes

October 15, 2025 Andy Short 4
Again, we look deep into the mirror and ask the question about an artist’s back catalogue, “If you had to reject one, which would it be, and which one would you fight to keep?”. Choosing The […]

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Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in

July 14, 2026 0
Vancouver-born, Toronto-based singer-songwriter Alex Southey has released an absorbing new single. Green Sunday opens with gently insistent guitar before lush layers are introduced and, halfway through, percussion is ushered in, giving the song a greater urgency. […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 3
Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]
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Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1
No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

  • 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
  • Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”
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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 […]
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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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Interview: Adam Killip leading figure of the London americana scene

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Video Premiere: Nathan Bell “To Each of Us, A Shadow”

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We are delighted to premiere the latest video from AUK-favourite Nathan Bell.  ‘To Each of Us, A Shadow’ is a typically emotionally resonant song from the Tennessee singer-songwriter.  Known for the depth and beauty of his […]
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Americana UK’s Top 20 Albums of 2023: Part One, 20-11

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Here at AUK Towers, like all loving families, we fight – a lot – over who has used the last of the milk, left the washing up in the sink, accidentally locked the cat in the […]

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