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Why country music sings about drugs

May 5, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Great article in RS Country today on a subject dear to my heart (since my other “head” is being a researcher in this field – not so much field work mind you) on a new study […]

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MerleFest 2017 – RS lists the 11 best things they saw

May 2, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

We’re too lazy to reproduce all the photos they took although you can overcome our laziness by reading the original article here. Or you could just scroll here, you’re the boss. Rolling Stone Country reports: “This […]

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London based and fancy reviewing gigs for us?

March 27, 2017 Mark Whitfield 2

We get a fair amount of offers to cover gigs by americana artists here at AUK but particularly with showcases and album launches, they are often London based which is awkward since precisely one of our […]

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Here’s 10 socially progressive country tunes for you

March 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

We love country music here at AUK, but the politics of mainsteam country can be something of a turn off in these weary times, so this is a nice article from Billboard reporting on country anthems […]

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“Why Americana is one of the most deceptive labels in music”

March 16, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

A great little article from the Guidelive.com site which was published a couple of weeks ago and we’ve just come across, which discusses the difficulty of defining the genre. Believe me, we’ve had some heated discussions […]

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Aoife O’Donovan & Hawktail “America, Come” – acoustic friends

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And if you’re thinking – sure is a lot of Aoife O’Donovan these days then all we can say is that yes, there is, and that’s a good thing.  An example of this musical productivity is […]

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Epic ambition fully achieved on an album that is another classic to add to a catalogue already filled with great work. As the winner of our writers’ poll of Americana albums of the 21st Century and […]

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