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The Song Remains: Byron Berline 1944 – 2021

July 13, 2021 Martin Johnson 6
Country rock and bluegrass fiddle legend who co-founded Country Gazette. Renowned fiddle player, and sometime mandolin picker,  Byron Berline died on 10th July from complications following a recent stroke. As a musician, he was able to […]
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Whatever Happened To… Junior Brown

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This time around on “Whatever Happened To…” Features Editor, Clint West, joins us to take a look at one of the great characters of Americana music and a firm favourite with those of us who enjoy […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Born on the Bayou”

July 12, 2021 Diccon Johnston 1
Last week’s track was ‘Miles and Miles of Texas’ by Asleep at the Wheel and it would have been pretty easy to stay in Texas as there is no shortage of links inspired by the song […]
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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]
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Classic Americana Albums – Teenage Fanclub “Songs From Northern Britain”

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If The Byrds, Neil Young and Big Star are lynchpins of Americana, then undoubtedly so are Teenage Fanclub, who distil the three so eloquently into their own sweet sound. For over thirty years (and counting) these […]

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Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024

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One of the success stories of the last couple of years have been Brown Horse. Since their first album Reservoir landed at the start of 2024 there has been a steady rise in their star, to […]
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Jim Lauderdale “Country Super Hits Volume 2”

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Lauderdale releases a worthy, heartfelt follow-up twenty years later. At the age of sixty-eight, Jim Lauderdale is in top form, his voice as good as ever. The iconic songwriter, now a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame […]
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Stephen Wilson Jr announces UK and European tour dates for autumn 2026

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Stephen Wilson Jr. has released the latest dates for his Gary The Torch Tour, which, in addition to shows in the US West Coast and Southeast, include a series of UK and European  dates.  The tour […]

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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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

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

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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 […]

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Classic Americana Albums: The Costello Show “King Of America”

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Not an Essentials, well, maybe a little bit essential.  We’d love to stop posting songs like these (sorry Billy), other than as historical curiosities.  Not yet though, not yet.
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