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Classic Americana Albums: Bob Dylan “Blonde on Blonde” (CBS, 1966)

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For those less initiated (are there any?) or less interested in Bob Dylan, a pertinent question might come up here – when did the connection between Dylan and Americana start? The answer is quite clear – […]
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‘The Twang Factor’ presents: Anton O’Donnell

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Welcome to ‘The Twang Factor’ AUK’s brand new weekly series providing a showcase for some of the best new and emerging artists around. Each week we will bring you a different artist selected from the submissions […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Jerry Garcia, David Grisman and Tony Rice “House Of The Rising Sun”

September 29, 2020 Martin Johnson 1
Dave Van Ronk’s ‘Hang Me, Oh Hang Me’ from last week leads us this week to the West Coast and Jerry Garcia, David Grisman and Tony Rice’s live studio take of ‘House Of The Rising Sun’. […]
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Forgotten Artists – Judee Sill

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We’re back with another FORGOTTEN ARTISTS article and this time Tim Martin is writing about one of the most enigmatic of musicians, Judee Sill.
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Pick of the Political Pops: George Strait “The Weight Of The Badge”

September 25, 2020 Paul Villers 0
This week at Americana-UK Towers we have been mostly practising at being Shroedinger’s Worker – a concept where we are simultaneously both working from home and working from the office. It seemed the only sensible thing […]

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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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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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Ida Mae (With Marcus King) “When Eden Was My Girl” – it was all so much easier back then

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