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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 […]

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 […]

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 – […]

AUK’s Back Pages No.5

June 26, 2024 Paul Kerr 1

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 […]

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, […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
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RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 0

Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

The Fugitives “The Fugitives”

May 19, 2026 0

Highly regarded Canadian folkies continue to impress with album number seven. Formed in 2005, Canadian folkies The Fugitives have, over the subsequent eleven years, garnered themselves quite a reputation for delivering memorable live shows full of […]

Old Crow Medicine Show will release latest record Union Made in early June

May 19, 2026 0

Old Crow Medicine Show will release their new record Union Made on 5th June 2026 with Hartland Records via Firebird Music. The album finds the two-time Grammy-winning string band reflecting upon the people, places, and stories […]

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

Essentials: The Top 10 Jackson Browne Albums

Folk Tracks Roundup, June 2024

AUK’s Back Pages No.5

More People Should Really Know About: Jake Vaadeland

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

The Fugitives “The Fugitives”

Old Crow Medicine Show will release latest record Union Made in early June

Dirt Road Souls “(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine”

More People Really Should Know About: Todd Day Wait