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Classic Clips: Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell “Stay a Little Longer” – 1975

June 28, 2024 Andy Short 0
In the last weeks of 1975 and the early weeks of 1976, filmmaker James Szalapski captured footage showing the founders of the outlaw country movement in Texas and Tennessee. The movie was low budget and at […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Jackson Browne Albums

June 27, 2024 Graeme Tait 13
For what is now over six decades, the songs of Jackson Browne have become synonymous with the U.S. West Coast, in particular Los Angeles, his album’s a soundtrack for a post-war generation with a voracious appetite […]
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Folk Tracks Roundup, June 2024

June 27, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s time for another Folk Roundup bonus column featuring a bunch of Tracks that we hope you’ll enjoy, covering as they do a very wide range of folk.  Hey, there’s even some bluegrass this time – […]
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AUK’s Back Pages No.5

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Well, it’s 2006 and what do we find but a revamped website. A new logo/ banner/design is proudly unveiled as our editor Mark gently breaks the news to our readers on the first post of the […]
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More People Should Really Know About: Jake Vaadeland

June 25, 2024 David Jarman 0
Jake Vaadeland is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist from Saskatchewan, Canada, which has a thriving roots and old time music scene, my wife and I first discovering this at the wonderful Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival,  […]

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Cover art for Drivin N Cryin album "Crushing Flowers"

Drivin N Cryin “Crushing Flowers”

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Cover art for Drivin N Cryin album "Crushing Flowers"
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Drivin N Cryin “Crushing Flowers”

April 7, 2026 1
Beloved Atlanta rockers return with a confident, back-to-basics album that restores the band’s core sound. Forty years on from the release of their debut album, Drivin N Cryin are back with their tenth studio release. Formed […]
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The Top Ten Americana Songs Of All Time: 4th – The Band “The Weight” (1968)

April 7, 2026 0
We’re getting there: no more equal placings. This week, we reach the Top 4, and the second entry from The Band is 4th. From their iconic sophomore album Music From Big Pink, The Weight is one […]
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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Rioghnach Connor on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Rioghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]

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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Rioghnach Connor on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Rioghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
Interviews

Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

April 7, 2026 0
In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
Interviews

Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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Video: William Harries Graham “Philadelphia”

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The new single from Austin-based William Harries Graham is a gorgeously intimate and affecting song.  There’s such a feeling of drama in the opening notes of guitar and then, when Graham begins to sing, he pulls […]
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Album premiere: Whiskey in the Pines “Sunshine From the Blue Cactus”

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While Whiskey in the Pines hail from Florida, synonymous with endless sunshine and miles of beaches, the ocean is still a long way from the band’s hometown Tallahassee (not so far from us here in Liverpool, […]
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Live Preview: The (THL) Festival, Klassic Park, Kirton – 16th July 2023

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Sunday 16th July sees the return of The (THL) Festival, a one-day music event held at The Klassic Park at Kirton in Lindsey in North Lincolnshire which last year saw such Americana luminaries as Hannah Aldridge […]

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