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Collecting music is a serious business – Stories from a CD shop

September 4, 2023 Tim Martin 3
In summer 2020, like a lot of people I was scratching around looking for a way to make a living. A socially distanced conversation on Clevedon sea front led to me becoming the proud owner of […]
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Americana Vinyl Treasures: Earth Opera “Great American Eagle Tragedy” – Elektra, 1969

September 4, 2023 Richard Parkinson 1
As a teenager hungry for new music, I would scour the cut-out bins and second-hand shops of my home town.  A psychedelic cover or interesting personnel would be enough to prise the 20p-50p from my pocket […]
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The Song Remains: Jimmy Buffett (1946 – 2023)

September 4, 2023 Rick Bayles 0
An end to ‘Island Escapism’. It was a sad weekend for Parrotheads everywhere, with the news that James William Buffett had departed this life at the age of just 76, a victim of skin cancer and […]
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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Martin Johnson

August 31, 2023 Martin Johnson 27
How does anyone go about determining the top ten americana artists ever, and once you’ve worked that one out, how do you rank them in a meaningful way? These are the legitimate questions facing Americana UK […]
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AUK shortcuts August 2023: Christian Parker, Davie Knowles, Dan Blakeslee, Shannon Clark and the Sugar, Crowes Pasture, Eric Long, William John Titus Bishop, Chris Murphy, The Family Wash, Paul J. Bolger and Richard Townend And The Mighty Bosscats

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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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Tyson Ray Borsboom “Exit Sign” – looking for the way out

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Tyson Ray Borsboom has reached a milestone, and he’s looking for a way out on today’s song from the just-released album These Days, which is a milestone in itself for the Vancouver-based alt-country singer. Exit Sign […]
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The latest video from Hollie Rogers is cleverly filmed and edited so that she shines brightly in vivid colour, in stark contrast to the rest of her band, focusing our attention on her playing and distinctly […]

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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]
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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

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To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

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If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]

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Steve Earle & Reckless Kelly “Bad Girls” – never sad girls

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Today’s song finds two titans of Outlaw country turning Wham on their heads and instead of boasting about their own bad boy status find that they are hankering after some of the girls (we’re thinking they […]
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Track Premiere: Theo & Brenna “Be My Baby”

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There’s certainly chemistry in the Theo & Brenna and – Brenna is a chemist, and the pair grew up Winchester, Kentucky in a family with ten other siblings, so there’s family chemistry too.  And what would […]
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This is a nice way to start a wet Monday morning. Amelia White’s new album “Rhythm of the Rain” which we recently described as “East Nashville’s finest at the top of her game” is out in the […]

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