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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Roses & Revolutions

November 5, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Over the last couple of years, we have been privileged to share a series of terrific mini-gig performances with our readers.  Seeing these great artists connecting with music-lovers, from their home to ours, has been especially […]

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Ashley Monroe

May 28, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Throughout 2020, as the world was gripped by the pandemic, we helped to fill the void left by a lack of live music by posting a series of mini-gigs from outstanding artists.  It has been a […]

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Morning Crush

December 18, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

As we near the end of this tumultuous year, we are beginning to glimpse a more hopeful future.  Mass vaccinations are on the horizon and this brings the promise of something like ‘normal’ life returning soon.  […]

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Diana Jones

December 11, 2020 Andrew Frolish 2

With the happy news of vaccines on the way, we can begin to dream again of live music events.  Soon, we music lovers will, once again, be soaking up the atmosphere at great shows and festivals […]

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Exclusive AUK ‘Mega-Concert’ Premiere: VanWyck

November 27, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Throughout this challenging year, Americana-UK has posted occasional ‘mini-gigs’ to connect artists with their audiences.  At a time when attending live music events was out of the question for many, these little shows, from artists’ living […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Slightly in advance of Mother’s Day we have Dean Owens and his new single, a song he co-wrote with Danny Wilson and Will Kimbrough taken from his excellent latest album, ‘Southern Wind‘, the title track of […]

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Amanda Cook “Look Me Up By The Ocean Door” – we’re parting, but here’s where I’ll be

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Amanda Cook holds out the olive branch of reconciliation on today’s song, singing the goodbye of “The only thing that helped me in your world / Was you and that’s not enough” before offering the glimmer […]

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Clem Snide “Oh Smokey”

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Eef Barzelay swaps partners and still comes up with the goods. After hooking up with a band fan, Scot Avett of The Avett Brothers, on his previous album, “Forever Just Beyond“, Clem Snide’s main man Eef […]

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