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M. Lockwood Porter “Sisyphus Happy”

October 6, 2022 Paul Russell 0
Superb release for Oakland songwriter with John Moreland helping out. It’s good to have a book on the go at all times – and it’s amazing how literature can influence song writing as well. Oakland, California […]
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Seth Mulder and Midnight Run “In Dreams I Go Back”

October 5, 2022 FredArnold 0
Another of dose of fine traditional bluegrass as the group changes label. Seth Mulder and Midnight Run are a high energy bluegrass band from East Tennessee and follow in the footsteps of many great bluegrass bands […]
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Sons of the East “Palomar Parade”

October 5, 2022 Tim Martin 0
The ingredients for a great album are all here, look for that greatness on their next record. It’s taken 10 years for Sons Of The East to release an album. Having been a live and streaming […]
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Michael Paul Lawson “Love Songs For Loners”

October 5, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Traditional country and folk influenced character songs without a hint of pedal steel guitar. There is no sign of the difficult second album syndrome about Michael Paul Lawson’s ‘Love Songs For Loners’ which comes three years […]
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Matthew Check “Without A Throne”

October 4, 2022 Paul Russell 0
Eclectic mini-album with glorious seventies vibe. The songwriting process manifests itself in so many ways for musicians and Newtown, Pennsylvania based Check has a highly distinctive approach to this creative process. He says he writes his […]

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Steep Canyon Rangers “Roll Of The Dice” – let the bones roll where they will

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Steep Canyon Rangers “Roll Of The Dice” – let the bones roll where they will

April 22, 2026 0
Gearing up for the release of their fifteenth studio album; not counting the collaborations with renowned bluegrass banjoist Steve Martin, the Steep Canyon Rangers: Graham Sharp (banjo, vocals), Mike Guggino (mandolin/mandola, vocals), Aaron Burdett (guitar, vocals), […]
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Video Premiere: Whitney Walker “Solar Princess”

April 22, 2026 0
Solar Princess, the brand new single from Whitney Walker, is unpredictable and compelling, bursting with musical freedom. Propelled forward by dramatic drumming from Robert Mitchell, there’s a great sense of urgency and dynamic energy. Meanwhile, Walker’s words […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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How do baseball players stay in touch? They touch base every once in a while! I have to admit I know absolutely diddly about this fabled sport. But I know a man who does. Tokyo Rosenthal, […]
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Martin delivers eleven hymns for the confessional on this most stunning and personal album. Jeffrey Martin may currently be a name you are unfamiliar with but with the release of his new album, the remarkably understated […]
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Video Premiere: Leeroy Stagger “Mother”

November 19, 2019 0
This is the new single from AUK favourite Leeroy Stagger, taken from his latest, excellent, album “Strange Path“, out now.  It’s a powerful song about, as you’ve probably already worked out, mothers and matriarchy and has […]

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