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Pick of the Political Pops: John Prine “Some Humans Ain’t Human”

January 29, 2021 Paul Villers 0
So this week we learned the depressing news that the UK covid-19 death toll has passed now some 100,000. You may be asking yourself why. That we can’t answer but we are drawn to this extract […]
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Support music now, or lose it forever

January 29, 2021 Tim Martin 1
It’s felt over the course of the last year, and particularly at the start of 2021 that music is under threat as never before. With tiers and lockdowns stretching on for an unknowable time most businesses […]
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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Tim Newby

January 28, 2021 Clint West 5
This week we bring you our penultimate set of suggestions for the top 10 americana albums ever. Our second US based writer, Tim Newby, has served up a tantalising cocktail of proven ingredients complemented by a […]
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What is Americana? – Lady Neade and Carmen Phelan

January 28, 2021 Paul Kerr 0
We’re still digging into this joint quest with Country In The UK to pose the question to a few UK acts in the week that the Americana Music Association UK hosts its annual festival and awards […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Songs: Ohia “Magnolia Electric Co.”

January 27, 2021 Diccon Johnston 1
‘Magnolia Electric Co.’ is the place to enter the world of Jason Molina. It draws together the essential elements of his music to the point that is most accessible, combining alt-country, low-fi and indie-rock seamlessly. In […]

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The Tines “Barrows”

March 16, 2026 0
The sophomore album from New Haven, Connecticut’s indie-sleaze-inspired quartet. Early 2021, studio footage reveals a minimalist performance, little physical expression, three of the band members partly masked, as befits COVID times. The music is economical: a […]
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Folk Roundup – Maz O’Connor, Luke Giles, Amy Hopwood, Georgia Shackleton, Amy Leach & Alasdair Paul, Claire Vine

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The second Folk Round Up of the year, and we are blessed with six amazing albums to review. There is something for everyone here, from traditional folk to innovative music and a collection of songs from […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 224 “Early Morning Thoughts”

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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”

March 11, 2026 0
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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