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Classic Clips: John Murry “Southern Sky” – Static Roots Festival, 2019

March 11, 2022 Sean Hannam 0

Two years ago, when choosing an AUK Classic Americana album to write about, I selected ‘The Graceless Age’ by Tupelo, Mississippi-born singer-songwriter, John Murry. At the end of the piece, I stated that this brilliant collection […]

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Classic Clips: Cowboy Junkies – “Common Disaster” 1996

March 4, 2022 Tim Martin 0

If you had a penny for every break up song in the world, you would have a lot of pennies. Cowboy Junkies normally perceptive lyrics are especially on target here. “A candle burning for everything I’ve […]

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Classic Clips: Patsy Cline “Imagine That” – Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry, 16th April 1962

February 18, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0

This Patsy Cline performance clip is from one of her four 1962 appearances on the ‘Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry’ television program, named for its sponsor of the time, which ran from 1960 to 1963. The […]

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Classic Clips: Ricky Skaggs “A Simple Life” – Transatlantic Sessions, 1998

February 11, 2022 Jonathan Smith 2

The Transatlantic Sessions were a sheer gold gift for those of us who love our music unplugged and natural. Thank you, genuinely, to whichever genius had the idea of rounding up the cream of folk and […]

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Classic Clips: Wilco, Mavis Staples and Nick Lowe “The Weight” – Chicago Civic Opera House, 2012

February 4, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 3

Featuring three greatly loved artists round these ere parts, this a glorious piece of film from the green room of the Chicago Civic Opera House in 2012 as they rehearse the encore they are about to […]

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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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Video Premiere: Niall Kelly “Promenade”

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This is the title track of Niall Kelly’s new album, out on May 24th.  From northern Ireland but based in London, Kelly has plenty of soul and a way with a song.  We like it.

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Stunning collection by major new singer-songwriter. Flo Perlin is a singer songwriter whose star is rising steeply. She has previously released an EP ‘Stories’ and a full album, ‘Cocooned’, but with her latest release, ‘Characters‘, she […]

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