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[ June 10, 2026 ] Various Artists “Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow – Words And Music Tom Waits And Kathleen Brennan” Album Reviews
[ June 10, 2026 ] Other Brother Darryl “Hey Yeah Hey” Album Reviews
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AUK’s Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Andy Davidson

September 15, 2023 Andy Davidson 3

Seesh, what a brief. It’s those two words greatest and ever. I do feel lacking in the evolutionary knowledge required to do this feature justice. Previous contributors have already cited some big heavyweights of the genre […]

Classic Americana Albums: Johnny Cash “At San Quentin”

September 14, 2023 Cam Fraser 2

I can’t tell you exactly when I first heard this album, but I can tell you exactly where I was – in Fraser Park in Inverness with a couple of friends, huddled around a little portable […]

Dream Team Double Header – Darlingside and Robert Plant

September 13, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1

Well, this is Songkick’s suggestion for a great night out with two artists vying for the top spot on the billing. It might look like an odd pairing – Darlingside being the complete masters of vocal […]

More People Really Should Know About: Tyler Lance Walker Gill

September 12, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0

Tyler Lance Walker Gill is a self-proclaimed ‘song singer, drink slinger’ of indeterminate age. He was born in Bullitt County Kentucky and currently works out of Louisville, which is all of 22.7 miles away from his […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures: Steve Goodman “Steve Goodman” – Buddha Records, 1971

September 11, 2023 Rick Bayles 2

Back in the early 1990s, I made a decision that still has me waking up in a cold sweat from time to time; I sold my vinyl collection! It was, in retrospect, a decision of monumental […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 15 hours ago
RE: There's no future in nostalgia
Stonehenge was a fucking mess every time but it was a b...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Great shout John I’m new here -Gil Scott Heron wh...
By Keith Hargreaves , 17 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Neil Young - Citizen Kane Jr
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Clarence White would have been 82 today. A little remin...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen - The Call Us The ...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Highwomen - Live at The Gorge 2023 (streaming - Qob...
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RE: There's no future in nostalgia
By Jeff , 1 week ago
RE: There's no future in nostalgia
There is very little new under the sun. &...
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Various Artists “Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow – Words And Music Tom Waits And Kathleen Brennan”

June 10, 2026 0

Bang on target: 19 shells from the Waits and Brennan cannon. Since Tom Waits’ last studio album, Bad As Me (2011), apart from the odd reissue and a contribution to Marc Ribot’s Songs Of Resistance 1942 […]

Other Brother Darryl “Hey Yeah Hey”

June 10, 2026 0

Harmonies to the fore in Boston eight-piece’s swift sophomore album. You would have to be of a certain vintage to recognise where Boston-based Other Brother Darryl may have garnered their moniker. If it means nothing, it […]

Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

June 10, 2026 0

With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]