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Feature: How two Manchester women, fed up of people chatting at gigs, decided to put on their own shows – with a strict no talking policy

November 29, 2021 Clint West 1
Clint West meets Dawn and Tania of ‘The Hen House Presents’ at their own Otis Gibbs show. Recently whilst at a Peter Bruntnell gig, a friend handed me a flyer for an Otis Gibbs show in […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Avi Wisnia

November 26, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
It’s been an absolute joy and privilege over the last couple of years to put together exclusive mini-gigs for our readers.  What started as a lockdown alternative to live shows has continued to be a way […]
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Classic Clips – The Highwomen “The Chain”, The Howard Stern Show, 2019

November 26, 2021 Rick Bayles 0
The Highwomen came about following a conversation Amanda Shires had with producer Dave Cobb, during the making of her 2016 album ‘My Piece of Land’. She thought of creating a female ‘supergroup’ in homage to the […]
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Unsung Heroes of Americana – Glitterhouse Records

November 26, 2021 Tim Martin 2
It’s nice to acknowledge the Unsung Heroes that helped those of us here, on the European side of the Atlantic, get access to some of the less obvious Americana acts that were making waves back home […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Kate & Anna McGarrigle “Kate & Anna McGarrigle”

November 24, 2021 Alan Fitter 3
I first got to see Kate and Anna McGarrigle live at the New Victoria Theatre on February 19th 1977 when they had just released their debut album, the eponymous ‘Kate & Anna McGarrigle’ and were about […]

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I’ve gone on record as proclaiming Waiting For Columbus one of the best live albums in the universe, so I took a long time to reconcile myself to the fact that the band had a life […]
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Steep Canyon Rangers “Next Act”

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Time to secure your first-class ticket to a bluegrass celebration. Steep Canyon Rangers have been around a long time and continue to produce fine music, and their live performances are legendary. Next Act is their fifteenth […]
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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1
At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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Andy Lowe “On The Lonesome Wind” – like the wind my soul will never die

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‘On the Lonesome Wind‘ is a new single on Mountain Fever Records by Andy Lowe, released on the back of his first-place win in the Bluegrass Banjo Competition at the Galax Old Time Fiddler’s Convention.  Andy […]
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Chris Pierce “American Silence”

February 23, 2021 0
Passionate, well-constructed, generously-spirited protest music that can’t be ignored. There’s a quote attributed to Americana/folk musician Todd Snider out there where he says ‘I didn’t write this song to change people’s minds, I  wrote it to […]
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Video Premiere: Moors & McCumber “What Would Love Do Now”

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The latest single from Moors & McCumber is all about the astonishing vocal harmonies.  Their voices combine beautifully, pulling together and apart in a melodic dance that showcases their considerable talent.  Both members of the duo […]

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