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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 […]

Whatever Happened To… Juice Newton

September 21, 2021 Rick Bayles 3

It seems strange to be asking whatever happened to an artist that has received no less than five Grammy nominations for best Pop/Country Female Vocalist (winning once, in 1983), an American Country Music Award for Top […]

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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 0

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 […]

The Fugitives “The Fugitives”

May 19, 2026 0

Highly regarded Canadian folkies continue to impress with album number seven. Formed in 2005, Canadian folkies The Fugitives have, over the subsequent eleven years, garnered themselves quite a reputation for delivering memorable live shows full of […]

Old Crow Medicine Show will release latest record Union Made in early June

May 19, 2026 0

Old Crow Medicine Show will release their new record Union Made on 5th June 2026 with Hartland Records via Firebird Music. The album finds the two-time Grammy-winning string band reflecting upon the people, places, and stories […]

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

Whatever Happened To… Juice Newton

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

The Fugitives “The Fugitives”

Old Crow Medicine Show will release latest record Union Made in early June

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