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For the Sake of the Song: The Byrds “All I Really Want to Do”

October 7, 2024 Tim Martin 0
A few songs are responsible for my love of Americana. I talked about ‘Hot Burrito #1‘ back in our Versions series in 2021, but as my journey into the genre is very much Byrds-related, this is […]
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Classic Clip: John Paul White and The Secret Sisters “In My Room” – National Sawdust, Brooklyn, 2016

October 4, 2024 David Jarman 1
Is there a more beautiful and emotional male voice in the world of Americana than John Paul White’s? Combine it with The Secret Sisters on the Beach Boys’ ‘In My Room’, and you have a truly […]
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AUK’s Back Pages No. 8

October 4, 2024 Paul Kerr 0
Well, happy new year to all as we head into the first quarter of 2007. The website’s architecture remains the same but the monthly discs get a new cover which will adorn all of the year’s […]
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Essentials: The Top Ten Laura Marling Songs

October 3, 2024 Peter Thompson 2
Surely one of the best singer-songwriters of her generation, four time Mercury Music Prize nominee Laura Marling just goes from strength to strength. As we await the release of Marling’s eighth solo studio album “Patterns in […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Rosanne Cash

October 2, 2024 FredArnold 3
Rosanne Cash is not a name that immediately springs to mind when thinking of a high profile, longstanding artist with a back catalogue where you will find a series of albums that are all worth listening […]

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Video Premiere: Adrian Roye “Dance of the Keeper” (Live from Dancers End)

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Here’s the latest single from London singer-songwriter Adrian Roye. In the video for Dance of the Keeper, recorded live from Dancers End, Roye delivers light, fluttering guitar that flows through a captivating tune. Over the understated […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

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At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]
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Charles Wesley Godwin to release new collaborative album in July

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Charles Wesley Godwin has announced his new album, Christian Name, which is out on 24th July 2026, via Big Loud Records. In 2024, Godwin and his wife, Samantha, suffered an awful tragedy when their third child, […]

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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

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At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]
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Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

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Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]

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Well crafted intimate and evocative music. It feels like this reviewer has been living on the edge recently – the edge that is of whatever genre definitions might normally apply. There has been a succession of […]
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Video: The Strange Blue Dreams “Reverberatin’ Love”

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