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AUK Shortcuts: Sam Bergquist, Lightning Stills, James Deely, Dana Robinson, CJ Land, Joe Harvey-Whyte & Geir Sundstøl, Suzanne Jarvie, Celina Siva, Jody Peck and Dash Rip Rock

March 4, 2026 Paul Kerr 0
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently, which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, […]
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More People Should Really Know About: Ethan Setiawan

March 3, 2026 Dean Nardi 0
Since his arrival on the instrumental music scene, mandolinist Ethan Setiawan has enjoyed pushing creative boundaries, even as he continues to embrace the traditional sounds of his chosen instrument. That approach helped him get welcomed into […]
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The Song Remains: John Paul Hammond (1942 – 2026)

March 3, 2026 Martin Johnson 0
He expanded the blues genre for future generations of listeners and musicians. The world lost one of the last true champions of country blues on February 28th with the passing of John Paul Hammond, son of […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Justin Townes Earle “Harlem River Blues”

March 2, 2026 FredArnold 0
Justin Townes Earle stands tall in the pantheon of singer-songwriters in the americana theatre. The son of one of the most universally acclaimed exponents of the genre (Steve Earle) and named after another (Townes van Zandt), […]
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The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: Andrew Frolish

February 26, 2026 Andrew Frolish 8
As ever, with features of this type, a great deal more time was spent reflecting, taking notes and re-listening to a huge number of great songs than was actually spent on the writing. Like most of […]

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Video Premiere: The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! (Gary Van Miert) “A Mad Tea Party”

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Disappear down the rabbit hole with the latest single from The Sensational Country Blues Wonders!, the musical project of New Jersey-based musician and performer Gary Van Miert. The video for The Mad Tea Party is a […]
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Something for the long weekend: Steve Earle “City of Immigrants”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t got your tickets yet for our 25 year anniversary event featuring Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and you know, others of our ilk, you can head […]
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Americana Stories – Coming soon, but there’s still time to submit your story

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We will be starting to publish our Americana Stories in June, but the submission deadline is not until the end of August. We have some great work to share with you through the summer, so if […]

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
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 […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1
At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 210 “A small break”

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A very brief column this week as I recover from having my knee chopped out and replaced with some metal work. Suffice it to say all seems to have gone well and the bruising looks suitably […]
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Alex Southey “Rosie” – Listen

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Rosie is inspired by Alex Southey’s attempts at growing of herbs – specifically Rosemary – on a balcony in Vancouver.   In a strange way the failure of the crop became an allegory for Southey’s feelings for […]
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Various Artists “Home In This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dustbowl Ballads”

November 10, 2021 0
81 years after it was released, fourteen artists give their take on Woody Guthrie’s classic album “Dust Bowl Blues” In 1940 Woody Guthrie released his album ‘Dust Bowl Ballads’ consisting of 12 songs about the drought […]

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