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Hank Dogs “Fiveways”

November 15, 2024 Paul Russell 0
Timely release of long lost album from revered folk trio. No pressure then. You’re a budding modern folk act starting your career in the mid-nineties – three musicians hoping for the best. Then suddenly your music […]
Book Reviews

Book review: Oliver Gray “Austin Healing – Cautionary Tales From 20 Years Of SXSW”

November 14, 2024 Paul Kerr 1
Oliver Gray should be known to AUK readers as our regular Austin correspondent having reviewed the annual SXSW Festival for us over several years. He is, of course, not an Austinite, nor even American. He is […]
Album Reviews

Chris Acker “Famous Lunch”

November 14, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0
Humourous and touching perspectives on life’s fleeting and provocative banalities. In 2014, Chris Acker left his childhood home of Seattle in Washington State to hitchhike to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Since then, he’s worked as […]
Album cover for Isaac Roux "Troubled Waters"
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Isaac Roux “Troubled Waters”

November 14, 2024 Jonny Brick 2
Belgian singer/songwriter’s delectable debut. Louis De Roo is a Belgian graduate of LIPA up in Liverpool; famous alumni/ae include Americana act Alyssa Bonagura, dance producer SG Lewis, Murph from The Wombats, singer/songwriter Dan Croll and broadcaster […]
Album art fo "the One Who Remembers" by Avery Hill
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Avery Hill “The One Who Remembers”

November 13, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Avery Hill presents an intimate set of stories showcasing the act of remembering. Portland-based singer-songwriter Avery Hill’s sophomore full-length album, “The One Who Remembers”, arrives nine years after “Dreams & Ghosts: A Family Album” (2015).  Hill […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 3
Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]
Album Reviews

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1
No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]

  • For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”
  • Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”
  • Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers
  • Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 244 “There by the grace…”
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

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Classic Clips – Gregory Alan Isakov & Passenger “Sweet Baby James”

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Two of the finest vocalists and songwriters around today are Colorado-based Gregory Alan Isakov and the UK’s Michael Rosenberg, better known by his stage-name Passenger.  Both possess gently intimate voices that draw us into their stories.  […]
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Wesley Stace aka John Wesley Harding teams up with The Jayhawks for new record – Listen

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Singer/songwriter Wesley Stace will release “Wesley Stace’s John Wesley Harding” on February 24th via Yep Roc Records. Recorded with The Jayhawks—Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Tim O’Reagan, and Karen Grotberg—at Flowers Studio in Minneapolis, the album was […]
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