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The Bluest Sky “Raindancer”

August 21, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Chuck Melchin’s The Bluest Sky continue their musical journey with 10 new songs. “Raindancer” is the second album release from The Bluest Sky, the vehicle for singer-songwriter Chuck Melchin, formerly of The Bean Pickers Union. Their […]

John Carter Cash “Pilgrimage to Rising Fawn”

August 21, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Celebrating Norman Blake and country music’s roots modern Nashville often forgets. John Carter Cash has an impeccable heritage in country and roots music being the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and the grandson […]

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Erin Ash Sullivan “Signposts and Marks”

August 20, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

Sophomore release unveils a songwriter of the highest order. Relationships, current and past, provide the overriding theme to the twelve songs assembled on Erin Ash Sullivan’s excellent sophomore album “Signpost and Marks”. Sullivan, a native of […]

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AUK’s EP Round-Up – August 2024

August 19, 2024 Graeme Tait 2

Well it’s August already, so time to checkout some excellent music that spans the spectrum of the Americana genre in our Monthly EP’s Round-Up. For starters we have a tasty offering of stripped back country roots, […]

The Red Clay Strays “Made By These Moments”

August 19, 2024 Paul Russell 0

Powerful second album from widely lauded Alabama-based quartet. Live this band are apparently the real deal – raising a mighty ruckus with their powerful playing and the impact of lead singer Brandon Coleman. Their debut album […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

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Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]