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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Paul Campbell

November 12, 2020 Clint West 5
In case you’ve joined us late, or just simply forgotten, here’s just a little reminder of what is going on in this feature. For the last few months the AUK writers have been scratching their heads, […]
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Forgotten Artists – Lucy Kaplansky

November 12, 2020 Rick Bayles 1
Here we are with another FORGOTTEN ARTIST article, and frequent contributor Tim Martin is back to remind us about the career of a singer-songwriter who’s also a fine interpreter of other artists songs. Lucy Kaplansky describes […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Joni Mitchell “Blue” (Warner Records, 1971)

November 11, 2020 Helen Jones 6
Discovering ‘Blue’ by Joni Mitchell deserves to live alongside many other coming of age milestones for a particular kind of teenage girl: there is your first kiss, your first heartbreak, and then there is ‘Blue’. I […]
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VERSIONS: “Different Drum”

November 10, 2020 Paul Villers 2
Here’s another in our regular series of “VERSIONS” which is a look at tunes and how they are handled or interpreted by different artists. This time arch-versionista Rick Bayles has a look at ‘Different Drum’ in […]
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‘The Twang Factor’ presents: St. Mary, St. Michael

November 10, 2020 Clint West 0
Welcome to Week 7 of the first series of ‘The Twang Factor’. Our guest this week is St. Mary, St. Michael from Cincinnati, Ohio. Describing themselves as ‘indie-folk’ the band provide a platform for the work […]

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“In a time of universal deceit telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act” – George Orwell Once more unto the breach, dear friends – this latest in our occasional series of ramblings regarding all things political […]
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Shannon Clark “All You Need To Know”

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Accessible soulful heartfelt Rust Belt americana that demands attention from needle drop to run-out groove. Raise high the red, white, and blue swallowtail of the Ohio burgee (the only non-rectangular state flag in the union); you’re […]

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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]

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David Ramirez heads back to UK for more dates

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We’re rather fond of David Ramirez here at AUK and today he’s announced details of an eight-date UK headline tour set to run throughout January 2018. He released his new album “We’re Not Going Anywhere” via Thirty […]
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Track Premiere: Freedy Johnston “Tryin’ To Move On”

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This rocking number is taken from Freedy Johnston’s new album ‘Back on the Road to You’ which is out on September 9th via 40 Below Records.  ‘Tryin’ to Move On‘ relates a series of failures to escape […]
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Unlike my older comrades, I sadly can’t brag about having been to Woodstock or following Bob Dylan around New York in the 60s. The truth is I was late to the party. I was in my […]

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