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Classic Americana Albums: Beachwood Sparks “The Tarnished Gold”

October 5, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
In 2012, it was eleven years since Beachwood Sparks’ last full album and, despite a reunion in 2008 for Sub Pop’s 20th anniversary, new music from the Los Angeles group seemed unlikely.  When ‘The Tarnished Gold’ […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: John Prine “Sam Stone”

October 3, 2022 Alan Fitter 2
As regular readers are aware, the object of the articles in the Chain Gang series is to find something in the one that precedes yours that you can link to and write about. I scoured Andrew […]
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Classic Clips: Catherine MacLellan “Sparrows” – Austin, Texas, March 18th 2010

September 30, 2022 Alasdair Fotheringham 3
Given Classic Clips has recently featured very-big-to-biggish-name artists like The Rolling Stones, Crosby and Nash and Mumford & Sons, it might be a surprise that next up is a performance of what was at the time […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: The Shortlist

September 29, 2022 Clint West 8
We began our quest to find the ‘Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century’ way back in January. Since then, thirty AUK writers have offered up their own personal selections for readers to peruse. We […]
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The Other Side of Me: Keith Hargreaves on the redemptive power of Gil Scott-Heron

September 28, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 2
Gil Scott Heron crept into my life in a bath in a rented house in Sidcup. I was a feckless drama student sharing the premises with seven others and Monday night was my bath night. Once […]

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Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

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As usual, we wanted to remind you about 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 later this year on […]
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Hell in a Handcart – a tale of two Keirs

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“In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act” – George Orwell We need to talk about Kevin. No sorry, not Kevin the titular character in the psychodrama novel and film – […]
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49 Winchester “Change of Plans”

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For the Virginia country rock band, sometimes the plan goes as intended, and sometimes it doesn’t. The Castlewood, Virginia-based six-piece band 49 Winchester’s sixth album and first under its new deal with MCA Records isn’t embarrassing […]

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Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

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Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]
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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

May 12, 2026 0
“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: NoahJohn “Tadpoles”

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One of the first tracks I encountered in my exploration of alt-country was NoahJohn’s wonderful ‘Standing On A Snake’ from the 1999 album “Tadpoles”. Here is the title track from that excellent album, which gained some […]
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Howe Gelb to join Lost Brothers on dates next month

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Giant Sand main man and indie legend Howe Gelb has been announced as a special guest on the upcoming Lost Brothers Irish Theatre Tour this December. Based in Tuscon Arizona since 1972 Howe has collaborated with artists […]
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Van Life: Ana Egge

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North Dakota’s Ana Egge has long been regarded as one of the brightest talents on the Americana scene. Her distinct brand of evocative, folk-infused songs have really made an impact – emotionally and artistically – on […]

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