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Exclusive AUK Christmas Mini-Gig: Helene Cronin

December 16, 2024 Dean Nardi 0
From the first time I pushed play and set Helene Cronin’s “Old Ghosts and Lost Causes” CD spinning, the album continued to spin in my head long after it had stopped in the player, its striking […]
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Mark Whitfield, AUK Editor’s Top 20 songs of 2024: Part One, 20-11

December 16, 2024 Mark Whitfield 6
As I often remark these days, or these years, where once my musical life was all about albums, I along with apparently everyone under the age of 65 now have the attention span of a goldfish […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Adam Hood “Play Something We Know”

December 16, 2024 Andy Davidson 0
Open Season at the Bar. “Play somethin’ we could sing to/ Play something we know.” This Christmas spare a thought for all those playing live music. Yuletide’s over-indulgence often leads to people’s inhibitions getting parked and […]
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I picked up the loaded dice – Jon Aird’s 2024 year in review

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Has this year actually finished up already?  Ignoring everything that happened for good and for ill out in the greater world, it has been a crazy musical ride – so many fantastic albums, so many amazing […]
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Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “On Grafton Street”’ filmed in Austin, Texas, 1997

December 13, 2024 Andy Short 7
Ever since hearing Nanci Griffith belt out ‘Ford Econoline’ on the NME “Tape With No Name” in 1987, Griffith has been one of my most loved female artists. Her storytelling and poetry were special, and sadly, […]

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The Top Ten Americana Song of All Time: 2nd – John Prine “Angel From Montgomery” (1971)

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Almost there! There was never much doubt that John Prine would be represented in this list, and, although a number of his songs appeared in the original writers’ lists, the iconic and most covered song of […]
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Cut Worms “Transmitter”

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This guitar-based pop, produced by Jeff Tweedy, is a departure from previous work. Cut Worms is singer-songwriter Max Clarke, originally from Ohio, but now living in New York. This is his fourth full-length album after Cut […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Madi Diaz Songs

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Madi Diaz has always known she wanted to be a musician. Growing up in a Quaker household in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, her parents rejected a mainstream education for her and her brother, instead home schooling them, […]

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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear “Everybody’s Got Problems” – Listen

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As you’ll recall Alice Cooper addressed problems on ‘Elected’, noticing that “we have problems / We got problems right here in Central City / We have problems on the North, South, East and West / New […]
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AmericanA to Z – Dolly Parton

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No, not Gram Parsons. Not even Elvis Presley (though if you don’t consider Elvis to be the epitome of ‘Americana’ then I will fight you right now). Dolly Rebecca Parton (of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) has written, […]
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Beau Jennings & The Tigers “American Stories Major Chords”

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Latest album release from OK-based singer-songwriter is just, er, okay. “American Stories Major Chords” is Norman, Oklahoma-based singer songwriter and former architect Beau Jennings’ third album with The Tigers, released on Oklahoma-based label Black Mesa Records. […]

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