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AUK’s Chain Gang

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AUK's Chain Gang

AUK’s Chain Gang: Carter Sampson “Holy Mother”

May 9, 2023 Peter Churchill 0
When it comes to visual highs, following that glorious Dixie Chicks/Beyonce performance of ‘Daddy Lessons’ in the last chain link is an almost impossible ask. A much easier task was linking and continuing what seems to […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Beyoncé & The Dixie Chicks “Daddy Lessons”

May 2, 2023 Andy Davidson 0
From The King of Juke Joint Swing to Queen Bey. Despite the anxiety of being designated driver for this week, I thoroughly enjoyed unpacking last Monday’s link by Guy Lincoln. The phrase ‘nom de plume‘ had […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Wayne Hancock “Double A Daddy”

April 24, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0
Thanks to Paul Kerr for offering Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder’s version of ‘2:10 Train’ as last week’s Chain Gang track, he couldn’t have left me with an easier open goal for this week. Train songs […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Rising Sons “2:10 Train”

April 17, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
Checking out Martin Johnson’s previous contribution to the chain gang, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal’s version of ‘Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee’, led me back to that pair’s first outing when they were quite unknown. Their band, the […]
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AUK Chain Gang: Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder “Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee”

March 27, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
Part of the fun with the AUK Chain Gang feature is you are never sure what you will be working with until the previous week’s feature is posted, and therefore you never know how much head-scratching […]

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Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026

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Classic Clip: Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas “The Boxer”— Library of Congress, Washington, 2007

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The Dreaming Spires and Annie Keating join forces for single and live dates

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Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”

September 18, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]
Album Reviews

Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”

September 18, 2026 0
Journeyman comes full circle with an album of resonant covers that have been uniquely adapted throughout his career, tracing all the way back to his teenage days busking in Nashville. Benjamin Tod has been around the […]
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Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026

September 18, 2026 0
Opening for The War and Treaty at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Buddy Miller explained how he came to crash the party and thanked the headliners and support Avery Sunshine for indulging him. Miller had a call from […]

  • Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”
  • Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”
  • Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026
  • Classic Clip: Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas “The Boxer”— Library of Congress, Washington, 2007
  • The Dreaming Spires and Annie Keating join forces for single and live dates
  • Kyle Jenkins “Palace”
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
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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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Live Review: Warren Haynes, The Assembly Halls, Islington – 1st July 2025

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When you think of serious guitar heroes, you might think, according to your taste in music, of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Eddie Van Halen, Neil Young, or perhaps Carlos Santana. In the field of […]
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Charlie Kaplan “Country Life in America”

September 21, 2023 0
Jangle with an angle from New York City. One definition of an argument that never ends would be, what constitutes ‘good’ music? Maybe a 10-year-old might be enthralled by whatever teen icon was currently making waves, […]

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