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Classic Americana Albums: Bright Eyes “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning” (Saddle Creek Records, 2005)

May 18, 2020 Linda Jameson 0
There’s something about Conor Oberst, lead singer of Bright Eyes, that presses all my emotional buttons. That cracked voice, those sweet lyrics, music that veers from barely there to full-on rocking guitars. And it was this […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Lee Ann Womack “The Weight”

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Jay Joyce is a reasonably well-travelled producer, a talented multi-instrumentalist and occasional songwriter who is perhaps, given his record, best suited to the first two of these activities rather than the third. He has worked with […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Drew Danburry

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What a way to end the week!  We have been delighted to bring you lockdown live performances from great artists around the world, giving you a chance to catch some excellent shows from the comfort of […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Bob Seger “I Ain’t Got No Money”

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What is a ‘thing’ worth? Any ‘thing’? Say a loaf of bread. A loaf of bread in one local shop is, say, one pound. The same brand loaf of bread in the other local shop is […]
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Forgotten Artists – Willy DeVille

May 14, 2020 Tim Martin 5
Americana is often described as a mix of many different strands of American music. Rock, of all sorts, country, blues, folk and gospel all blended together. Willy DeVille, whether under his own name, or earlier as […]

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New Yorker Jesse Malin began his performing career in the New York hardcore band Heart Attack, before assuming the role of vocalist of glam punk band D Generation. Between 1994 and 1999 D Generation released three […]
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Mildred “Fenceline”

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Sensitive sounds carry poetic lyrics and encourage deeper reflections on meaning. Mildred is a four-piece band from Oakland, CA, with members: Henry Easton Koehler (vocals, guitar), Jack Schrott (vocals, guitar), Matt Palmquist (vocals, bass, woodwinds) or […]
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Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2026

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We’re heading towards the Summer now, May Day falls this week, and the obvious thing would be to offer you, valued reader, a swathe of music that touches on those themes of rebirth and the explosion […]

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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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Apples… I’m Home “Better Me” – Listen

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Oddest name for a band ever (it sounds like a line from “Adventure Time”) but Apples… I’m Home are London based folkies with Scottish, English and Canadian roots, once described as “The Mamas & The Papas […]
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Small Venue Heroes: Albert Lee

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Small venues are my favourite spaces to enjoy live music, and when you combine the intimacy and ease of access of such venues with the enjoyment of experiencing at close quarters a live performance by a […]
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Video: Geiger von Muller “Toys In Ghettos (Part 1)”

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This is an amazing video, soundtracked by the new single off Geiger von Muller’s latest album ‘Teddy Zer And The Kwands‘.  The music is pretty ace too, all strange and eerie slide guitar work.  The whole […]

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