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Interview: Tami Neilson’s True Roots Celebration

August 20, 2025 Brian D'Ambrosio 0

Tami Neilson’s “Neon Cowgirl” is a true roots celebration. Her own roots, that is, which she has continued to care for, nurture, and give water. Neilson jumped into the music business more than 35 years ago […]

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Interview: Jesse Daniel on the Sound of California and His Piece of The Golden State

August 19, 2025 Daisy Innes 0

It’s both a blessing and a curse, the interconnected, on-demand nature of the modern world. It gives us contacts on the other side of the planet, the ability to share interests and loves, and to dig […]

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From the AUK Archive – Interview: Aimee Mann

August 19, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

If Stewart Lee is the comedian’s comedian, then Aimee Mann is the songwriter’s songwriter. The Oscar-nominated, Grammy-winning singer is a hugely observant student of human behaviour, drawing not just on her own experiences to form the […]

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Interview: Cory Hanson on writing songs about all kinds of people

August 15, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Cory Hanson writes songs …. a lot of songs, ten albums in eleven years’ worth of songs divided between the band he fronts, Wand, the Cory Hanson Band and his solo act. Asked if he is […]

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Interview: For Paul Spring life is short, let’s make another record

August 11, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

The world of song is made of melody, harmony, rhythm and lyrics, but one can argue that it is lyrics which extend the dimensions and expand the possibilities of this world as much as the other […]

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Classic Clips: Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter “Come To Mary” – Live at KEXP, 1st August 2011

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Feliz Navidad – Americana UK’s new podcast episode is live featuring the one and only Willy Vlautin!

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  • Classic Clips: Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter “Come To Mary” – Live at KEXP, 1st August 2011
  • Mike Badger “Devils Ghosts & Firearms”
  • Feliz Navidad – Americana UK’s new podcast episode is live featuring the one and only Willy Vlautin!
  • Live Review: Thomas & The Angry Hearts, Martin’s Bar, Lillestrøm, Norway – 5th December 2025
  • Bill Callahan “Lonely City” – stand by me
  • Video Premiere: Mountaintop Junkshop “Meet Me At the Light Switch On”
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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

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Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

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Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

December 9, 2025 0

While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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