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Essentials: The Top 10 Mary Chapin Carpenter Songs

February 23, 2023 Peter Churchill 6

Like the majority of the artists in the ‘Essentials’ feature Mary Chapin Carpenter will be familiar to many. 35 years after her country leaning debut ‘Hometown Girl’ Carpenter continues to cement a reputation as one of […]

Classic Americana Albums: Mary Gauthier “Filth and Fire”

February 22, 2023 Rick Thorn 2

The opening lines of ‘Walk Through the Fire’ the first track on this 2002 album perfectly sum up its feel and tone ‘’In the darkness, it finds me, the terrible fire. It doesn’t matter how I […]

The First Time: Richard Parkinson – Magna Carta & Gillian McPherson, Carlisle Market Hall, September 1971

February 22, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0

At some point in the late 1960s the live music scene changed from one where the bands played long tours through many cities and towns to one where they did shorter tours focused on the major […]

Cajun Corner – A tribute to Austin Pitre

February 21, 2023 Rick Bayles 2

We’ve got news of something that should be of special interest to those of you who appreciate good Cajun music. Nouveau Electric Records, a Louisiana-based record company that champions the music of Cajun people, be it […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Paul Kelly “Meet Me in the Middle of the Air”

February 20, 2023 Alasdair Fotheringham 1

Listening to Mark Whitfield’s choice of Laura Cantrell’s spellbinding ‘When The Roses Bloom Again’ for last week’s Chaingang, it’s hard not to think about the huge number of songs in Americana, like that one, which dig […]