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The Twang Factor 2: Your last chance to cast your vote to decide our 2021 winner

September 27, 2021 Clint West 0

Once again, you the readers will decide our winner. Get voting! Over the last few weeks we are proud to have once again brought to you some amazing new and/or emerging artists. The standard has been […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Louvin Brothers “You’re Running Wild”

September 27, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

Keeping with the “brothers” motif, this week we go from The Barr Brothers to The Louvin Brothers, Ira and Charlie. Their 1956 single ‘You’re Running Wild,’ written by Donnie Winters and Ray Edenton, reached #7 on the […]

Essentials: Top 10 Gene Clark Songs

September 23, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 4

Gene Clark’s story is one that legends in modern music, any genre or style are built upon. From humble background to fame and fortune, to substance abuse (quite a few of those), to recovery, back to […]

Classic Americana Albums: Joe Henry “Trampoline”

September 22, 2021 David Cowling 4

If it wasn’t for this album, Joe Henry would be a minor footnote in any history of Americana that I might write, perhaps more memorable for being Madonna’s brother-in-law. His early records were serviceable and he […]

Sounds from the Back Bedroom

September 22, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 2

It was after all an inevitability. This weeks missive follows hot on the heels of last week’s concerns about the free for all of the return to school this September. Eagle-eyed amongst will note that the […]

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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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The Beatles - Hey Jude (aka The Beatles Again)
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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

Derek Senn “The Big Five-O”

July 14, 2022 0

With ‘The Big Five-O’, Derek Senn is able to continue his high-level satirical Americana streak. There is definitely a specific trait that can be found in Americana music – that of satirical/humorous storytelling. Many artists have […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Bob Bradshaw “Albuquerque”

February 24, 2025 0

Here’s the video premiere for “Albuquerque”, the latest single from Boston-based Irish singer-songwriter Bob Bradshaw. Co-written with Scoop McGuire, the song features a warm, melodic bass-line from John Sheeran, over which James Rohr’s tinkling keys and […]

Tracks

Watch a clip of Brandi Carlile’s new song “Cowgirls”

July 19, 2019 0

We leave you this weekend dear reader with a clip (filmed in portrait, the humanity of it…) of 2019 UK Americana Award Winner Brandi Carlile’s new song ‘Cowgirls’ which she played at California’s Pacific Amphitheatre earlier […]

The Twang Factor 2: Your last chance to cast your vote to decide our 2021 winner

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Louvin Brothers “You’re Running Wild”

Essentials: Top 10 Gene Clark Songs

Classic Americana Albums: Joe Henry “Trampoline”

Sounds from the Back Bedroom

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”