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Americana Bedrock: Iain Matthews

January 17, 2023 Rick Bayles 1
There will be those that will raise a quizzical eyebrow to see Iain Matthews’ name on an article about key names in the americana music genre but I would argue that, in the UK and wider […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Fleetwood Mac “Dreams”

January 16, 2023 Emily Dongray 0
Merely pluralising the previous Chain Gang song from Forest for the Trees takes us to the instantly recognisable classic by Fleetwood Mac. In light of Christine McVie’s sad passing, it is only natural to include it […]
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The Twang Factor 3 Presents: The Holy Fools

January 13, 2023 Clint West 0
Welcome to another episode of The Twang Factor 3. We hope you’ve been enjoying it as much as we have. We’ve still a few more great acts to bring you including our guests this week The […]
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Classic Clips: John Hiatt with Ry Cooder “Long Time Comin” AMA Awards 2015

January 13, 2023 Tim Martin 0
It’s awards season and a staple part of many award ceremonies is one artist guesting with another and the end of show sing along. At the Americana Music Association’s Americanafest in 2014 the task of leading […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Teddy Thompson songs

January 12, 2023 Helen Jones 2
When it came time for me to choose a new subject for ‘Essentials’, I could lie and say I had an epiphany or picked an artist I’d been long-gestating, but in actual fact, I saw that […]

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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

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Phil Hooley “Everything We’ll Never Need”

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Americana on Audio: Three books that you don’t need an Audible subscription for

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More People Should Really Know About: Agalisiga “Chuj” Mackey

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AUK Shortcuts: Around About Dusk, Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra, Coldsville, The Roseline, Jim Reynolds, Long John Makkay, Clark Paterson, and Davis Wells

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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

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Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Phil Hooley “Everything We’ll Never Need”

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An appealing laid-back brew of blues, soul and country with gentle swing and groove. Scarborough-based Phil Hooley is the founder of the alt-country band The Woolgatherers. Everything We’ll Never Need is his third solo album after […]
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Americana on Audio: Three books that you don’t need an Audible subscription for

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Audiobooks are one of the big growth areas in listening. They now amount to 10% of the UK publishing market. That market is still dominated by the convenience of Amazon’s Audible platform, and there are plenty […]

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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

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Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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A bold new direction for this acclaimed singer and fiddler might raise some eyebrows. If  her 2018 release, To The Sunset’, found Amanda Shire moving away from the down-home roots of her previous albums, then ‘Take […]
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Van Plating “New York” – it’s her kind of town

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What’s a girl to do when she’s majored in violin and voice at Florida Southern College and spent several years in a band named for Fitzwilliam Darcy’s pad?  Especially when said band, Pemberley, breaks up.  Go […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Sparklehorse Songs

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Sparklehorse, essentially a vehicle for Richmond, Virginia’s Mark Linkous, never achieved huge acclaim over their 15-year career, but they were a critics’ favourite and were well enough recognised to avoid being considered a “cult” band. Linkous […]

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