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AUK’s Chain Gang: Richard Thompson “Beeswing”

May 30, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
For this week’s Chain Gang, we link Christy Moore’s version of ‘Motherland’ to Richard Thompson.  ‘Motherland’ appeared on Moore’s 2006 covers album ‘Burning Times’.  Another song on that outstanding album was ‘Beeswing’, which originally appeared on […]
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2023’s Americana festivals – where we are spending our summer?

May 26, 2023 Emily Dongray 2
In the blinking dawn of the new year, many of the festivals announced their line-ups. They dropped exciting news about headliners, and some early-bird tickets went on sale, but in the wave of resolutions and starting […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 My Darling Clementine songs

May 25, 2023 Andrew Raw 1
This week’s Essentials considers some homegrown americana talent. My Darling Clementine, who are husband and wife Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish, are from Southport and Birmingham respectively. They started recording together after 10 years of […]
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The First Time: Helen Jones – Smash Hits Roadshow, Manchester G-Mex 1995

May 25, 2023 Helen Jones 0
I could lie to you and choose the far cooler Placebo as my first concert since it was my first parent free one in 2000, but I am nothing if not honest and the truth is, […]
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I Write the Songs – Dan Penn

May 24, 2023 Rick Bayles 2
Let’s not mess around; I think ‘Dark End of the Street’ is the finest country/soul song ever written. The version recorded by The Flying Burrito Brothers remains, for me, the definitive version, though the James Carr […]

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

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We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Yes, Ross Cooper knows the reality – the wearing leather chaps, the riding a horse, the big, big hat.  These are the things that people like about being a cowboy.  Oooh, and the boots and the […]
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Adams returns to form with best album since halcyon days of The Broken Family Band. It is now closing in on fifteen years since the much-loved indie rockers the Broken Family Band finally called it a […]

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