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Jingle Bells Friday – just two more sleeps…

December 23, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Yes, just two more sleeps which is either really really exciting or far too little time.  Or both.  What will be coming under the tree/in the stocking/by Parcelforce a few days late?  Well, hopefully something musical […]
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The Americana UK Readers’ Poll 2022 – here are the results!

December 23, 2022 Mark Whitfield 5
It’s our last day of publishing for the year and as is our wont, we can reveal the winners of this year’s AUK readers’ vote. Hundreds of you voted – in fact we had more votes […]
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Helen Jones’s Review of 2022

December 23, 2022 Helen Jones 0
After the massive stream of content over the past two years, it’s fair to say that 2022 was quieter on the new releases front (likely due to touring resuming in pre-pandemic levels), but there was still […]
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Classic Clips: Muleskinner “Dark Hollow” 1973

December 23, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
The band Muleskinner first played on a television celebration of the music of Bill Monroe on 13th February 1973. Ex-Bluegrass Boy Richard Greene was asked to put together a band to appear on the show with […]
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The twelve days of the SXSW lineup: nine cowgirls dancing

December 23, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
The first and second waves of the 37th annual Texan showcase of new music SXSW lineup have been released, and once again, it looks to be the sound of tomorrow. The festival runs a full six […]

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Paperback Riders: Dana Spiotta “Stone Arabia”

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“Stone Arabia” is a fascinating enigma of a novel, unflinching in its portrayal of a brother and sister: he the small-time rock ‘n roller and she the supplier of adulation, and their dynamic built up over […]
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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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The Talbot Trail Boys “The Talbot Trail Boys”

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Lost songs from an imagined family past, sung with quiet conviction and understated authenticity. The Talbot Trail Boys is the latest iteration of Canadian Henry Adam Svec, who has produced music under various names (Peter Mansbridge […]

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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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Something for the long weekend: Art Bergmann “Gazacide”

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That’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you’re in or near Liverpool tomorrow (Saturday) night and fancy popping along to a little gig we’re putting on featuring John Wesley Harding who in recent […]
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Barrence Whitfield and the Savages “Soul Flowers of Titan” (Bloodshot Records, 2018)

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The old saw is that “the blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll”, and that’s a fair enough claim even if it does leave elements of hillbilly country and other musical genres […]

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