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Classic Clips: John Wesley Harding and Bruce Springsteen “Wreck On The Highway” – Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, May 2010

June 24, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 1
Since 2009, John Wesley Harding, aka Wesley Stace or Wes (as he prefers to be known), has put together over 100 of what he calls his “Cabinet Of Wonders” shows. They’re vaudeville affairs bringing together musicians, […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Rick Bayles

June 23, 2022 Rick Bayles 0
Looking back over some of the other articles in this series it’s a little reassuring to see that many of my fellow AUK scribes have struggled a bit with this one. As several have noted, choosing […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Gene Clark “Firebyrd”

June 22, 2022 Tim Martin 9
You’d be forgiven for thinking that Gene Clark’s career stalled sometime in the late seventies. However, in a life filled with “What ifs” 1984 provided one of the biggest with the release of ‘Firebyrd’. To put […]
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The Other Side of Me: Michael Macy goes west – West Africa that is – for the music of Habib Koite

June 21, 2022 Michael Macy 2
I have an eclectic taste in music even though I started out listening to americana before there was the name and keep coming back to it. One non-americana music I have long enjoyed is from West […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Mary Gauthier “I Drink”

June 20, 2022 Rick Bayles 0
Following Paul Gibson’s excellent choice last week, of Lincoln Le Fevre’s ‘Hope & Crown’, it seems only right that the next link in this chain is a song about drinking. So, I took a slow look […]

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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

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Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Brian Fallon & The Painkillers “Not Bad for New Jersey”

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Heartfelt heartland rock delivered by Gaslight Anthem frontman. Brian Fallon has been making music with The Gaslight Anthem for two decades. Outside of the band, over the past 10 years, he’s released a number of solo […]
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His Lordship announce new album, single, and all-star shows

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Following last year’s Bored Animal, Psychonaut Sounds/PIAS will release His Lordship’s tribute to Rock ‘n’ Roll pioneer Chuck Berry, Promised Land, on 13th November 2026, to celebrate what would’ve been his 100th birthday. His Lordship will […]

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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 0
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

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The Hanging Stars, the Victoria, Dalston, London, 22nd February 2018

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The Hanging Stars brought the sound of summer to the Victoria pub in Dalston on an otherwise cold and dismal February night last Thursday. Launching their sophomore release, ‘Songs for Somewhere Else,’ The Hanging Stars were appropriately […]
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Roots radio WMOT launches app and goes global

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WMOT-FM, Middle Tennessee State University’s public radio station, has announced a new way to experience the independent American Roots station’s programming. WMOT has launched its new radio app, now available in the iOS App Store and […]
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Video: The Blue Highways “He Worked”

August 22, 2019 0
This is the new single from The Blue Highways, taken from their debut EP which is out on Friday.  With a distinct Southside Johnny feel to it it’s a driving rock’n’roller whose narrator wants more for […]

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