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Classic Clips: Wilco, Mavis Staples and Nick Lowe “The Weight” – Chicago Civic Opera House, 2012

February 4, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 3

Featuring three greatly loved artists round these ere parts, this a glorious piece of film from the green room of the Chicago Civic Opera House in 2012 as they rehearse the encore they are about to […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Gordon Sharpe

February 3, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

I still feel when writing an article of this sort that someone might sneak up behind me and say ‘aha’ and ‘got you’. It lays bare the limitations of my listening. Either I fill in gaps […]

Classic Americana Albums: The Lemonheads “It’s A Shame About Ray”

February 2, 2022 Mark Nenadic 2

Hard to believe that it’s been thirty years since this doozie was first unleashed. Evan Dando has been a long time lover of Gram Parsons, Big Star and others that we’d consider ‘classic’ americana artists. Accordingly, […]

The Song Remains: Norma Waterson 1939 – 2022

February 2, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

A unique innovator within the folk tradition and the UK’s own Maybelle Carter. One of the great voices of British Folk Music will sing no more. Norma Waterson, a founding member of The Watersons and a […]

The Other Side of Me: Jonathan Aird on the electronic genius of Jean-Michel Jarre

February 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

AUK continues its series looking at the musical tastes of AUK writers beyond the Americana genre. It all started with a double-album on a single cassette release of ‘Oxygene‘ and ‘Equinox‘. Here was the sound of […]

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Chris Knight - Chris Knight
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Hurray for the Riff Raff - Live Forever
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Old 97s - Too Far to Care
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R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
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Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
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Wilco - summerteeth
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Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun
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Rolling Stones - Some Girls
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Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

March 20, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from British slacker twang quartet Brown Horse, the third and final single from their upcoming album Total Dive […]

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

March 20, 2026 1

Danny George Wilson delivers a reflective and beautifully crafted set of songs exploring loss, memory, and the difficult business of moving on. Danny George Wilson follows up the Danny & The Champions of the World album, […]

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

March 20, 2026 0

Tampa-born, New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Thomas Dollbaum has announced his new album Birds of Paradise, “a goodbye letter to lost loved ones and former selves,” which will come out on May 22 via Dear Life Records, and […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Album Reviews

Agalisiga “Chuj” Mackey “Nasagino Inagei Nidayulenvi”

November 22, 2024 0

Fascinating debut from Cherokee musician keeping his language alive. Agalisiga “Chuj” Mackey is a Cherokee singer songwriter who lives in the Cherokee Nation in Northeast Oklahoma. With only 1,500 first language speakers left – his aim […]

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Ryan Adams contributes to new covers album

September 14, 2017 0

Although happen you won’t see many of the other names on AUK anytime soon. Also, Cyndi Lauper’s Christmas Conga must rank in the top 100 worst songs ever recorded. Stereogum reports: “Earlier this year, Tegan And […]

Album Reviews

Della Mae “Headlight” (Rounder Records, 2020)

January 14, 2020 0

Earning a Grammy nomination for best Bluegrass album in 2014, Della Mae’s new album ‘Headlight’ demonstrates that they have moved beyond the conventions of the genre. Pushing aside expectations to use solely traditional bluegrass instruments: organ, […]

Classic Clips: Wilco, Mavis Staples and Nick Lowe “The Weight” – Chicago Civic Opera House, 2012

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Gordon Sharpe

Classic Americana Albums: The Lemonheads “It’s A Shame About Ray”

The Song Remains: Norma Waterson 1939 – 2022

The Other Side of Me: Jonathan Aird on the electronic genius of Jean-Michel Jarre

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024

Jim Lauderdale “Country Super Hits Volume 2”