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AUK’s Chain Gang: Jesse Dayton “It’s Like a Possum Ran Over My Grave”

November 30, 2020 Guy Lincoln 0
I didn’t know that ‘Wristband’ song before and, if I’m honest, I never much cared for Paul Simon, so I’m juggling this catch from Tim already. Having listened to the song I wasn’t immediately sure where […]
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Exclusive AUK ‘Mega-Concert’ Premiere: VanWyck

November 27, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
Throughout this challenging year, Americana-UK has posted occasional ‘mini-gigs’ to connect artists with their audiences.  At a time when attending live music events was out of the question for many, these little shows, from artists’ living […]
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Jingle Bells Friday – Have you done your cards yet?

November 27, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
We here at Americana UK get a lot of song offers for features throughout the year.  And from late October a number, an increasing number as the days pass into November, are Yuletide themed.  The joys […]
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Rare 40 year old early Rank and File concert recording unearthed – Listen

November 27, 2020 Martin Johnson 6
AUK has managed to get a bit of treat for our more discerning readers thanks to Chris Metzler of Décor Records. It is a 40-year-old recording of a live concert at Urban Noize, Portland, Oregon, on […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Shammer “Never Tears Before a Goodbye”

November 27, 2020 Paul Villers 0
This week were overjoyed that Lockdown Mk II will soon be at an end (although as lockdowns go it was a poor relation to Lockdown Mk I – indeed other than the fact that you couldn’t […]

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Angel’s Eye”

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Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with the fantastic opening track from the 2024 album Box for Buddy, Box for Star from American singer, songwriter and record producer […]
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Book of Churches “Book of Churches”

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Gentle songs of quiet reflection for staying grounded in hurried times. Hot on the heels of last year’s critically acclaimed release, Divorce singer and guitarist Felix Mackenzie-Barrow returns with the eponymously titled debut album from his […]
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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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Video: Diana DeMuth “Rose of Nantucket”

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Following a couple of recent gigs in London with producer and collaborator Simone Felice, Diana DeMuth releases her latest single, ‘Rose of Nantucket’.  Her powerful, emotive voice and the atmospheric video combine well.  DeMuth says of […]
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Elle Mary & The Bad Men “Constant Unfailing Night” (Sideways Saloon, 2018)

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The title gives a clue to the darkness enveloping this record – it wears its black heart proudly and does its best to draw us into the crepuscular. The music is core to the vision, tight […]
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Dervish “The Rocky Road To Dublin” – Listen

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For their 30th anniversary year Dervish have released the album ‘The Great Irish Songbook‘, which features songs you’ll know sung by a range of guests such as Rhiannon Giddens, Steve Earle, Kate Rusby and, on this […]

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