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Down In The Flood – A Year of Tracks
If 2020 saw a lot of shared songs then 2021 took that to an even higher level – and the reasons are surely the same: more home time due to the inability to tour much, and […]
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The Other Side of Me: Rick Bayles on how Miles Davis seduced him into a 40 year love affair with Jazz
I have a guilty secret; I’m a jazz fan and it’s pretty much all Miles Davis’ fault. Back in the 80s, I was a jobbing tour and production manager, working with various bands on the road […]
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Our top ten americana albums of 2021 – Part Two
Americana UK reveals its album of the year for 2021. Following a few dormant years when trying to decide on an albums of the year list we ended up scratching (and sometimes gouging) each other’s eyes […]
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Our top ten americana albums of 2021 – Part One
Well it’s been a long year by anyone’s standards but as a form of group therapy, we decided for the first time in years to try and come up with a list of our favourite albums […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Rodney Crowell “Something Has To Change”
Last week on the Chain Gang I was introduced by Sean Hannam to Matt Hill, and his album ‘Return of the Idle Drones’. This is available exclusively via Hill’s Bandcamp page. Like many of the artists […]