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[ July 28, 2026 ] Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories Interviews
[ July 28, 2026 ] The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family” Album Reviews
[ July 28, 2026 ] More People Really Should Know About: Hayden Features
[ July 28, 2026 ] Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham” Album Reviews
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Mark Lanegan “Man in the Long Black Coat”

June 15, 2020 Emily Dongray 1

Last week’s Chain Gang piece explored a Bob Dylan song that was later covered on ‘I’m Not There’ OST (Columbia, 2007) by The White Stripes. Naturally, I revisited this gem of a soundtrack and then had […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Jack Marion

June 12, 2020 Helen Jones 0

For the latest in our mini-gig series to help keep us sane in lockdown, we bring you a solo offering from Jack Marion of the titular Jack Marion and the Pearl Snap Prophets. The North Carolina […]

Ten covers of Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe”

June 12, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

‘Ode to Billie Joe’ is a dark southern story, cinematic in its lyrics but remaining enigmatic. The story, tells of the preacher, Brother Talyor saying how he saw the song’s narrator up on Choctaw Ridge with […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Iron and Wine “Love Vigilantes”

June 12, 2020 Paul Villers 0

Down here in The People’s Republic of Liverpudlia we are a fairly peaceful lot. At Americana-UK Towers we employ our own security staff but down in the village and the surrounding hamlets matters of policing the […]

AUK’s Top Ten Americana Albums Ever: Paul Villers

June 11, 2020 Clint West 2

At AUK we are now well into our quest to find the ‘Top 10 Americana Albums Ever’. Over the coming weeks and months each AUK writer will in turn, present their own personal selections. When each […]

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0

“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0

The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0

When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]