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Interview: Charlie Parr wants to do things his way – playing music or living his life

June 13, 2024 Dean Nardi 0
With a guitar in good hands, there’s still a place for old-time folk and country blues, contemporized for the 21st century. On a sunny April afternoon, the release date for his new album, “Little Sun,” Charlie […]
Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Charlie Parr “817 Oakland Avenue”

April 29, 2024 Michael Macy 0
When I started to think about writing something for this section of AUK, I was overwhelmed. So many songs are important to me. There are those that are talismans, almost magic incantations that I rely on […]
Album Reviews

Charlie Parr “Little Sun”

April 8, 2024 Rick Thorn 0
An offer of clarity in an often unclear world. In the liner notes to ‘Sloth’ which is the final track on the album Parr tells us:‘There is a part of the world that exists only in […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Charlie Parr + Jerry Joseph, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds – 17th May 2022

May 30, 2022 Clint West 0
When Charlie Parr wandered casually onstage, checked everything was in order and then tuned his guitar, those not familiar with him might easily have mistaken him for a roadie. It was only when he took his […]
News

Charlie Parr to tour UK next month

April 28, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Minnesotan legend Charlie Parr has announced his upcoming tour, including fifteen dates starting in Bristol on May the 4th. The series of gigs promote his most recent album, ‘Last of the Better Days Ahead‘. This, his […]

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Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]
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Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”

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Journeyman comes full circle with an album of resonant covers that have been uniquely adapted throughout his career, tracing all the way back to his teenage days busking in Nashville. Benjamin Tod has been around the […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026

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Opening for The War and Treaty at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Buddy Miller explained how he came to crash the party and thanked the headliners and support Avery Sunshine for indulging him. Miller had a call from […]

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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Vox Continental: June 2026

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It may be hot, but Continental Europe stays Cool! Greetings from a somewhat warm continental Europe. And the summer has only just started! We’ve been averaging around 40C during the day for nearly a week now, […]
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Interview: Andy Leftwich on what it takes to be the American fiddler

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Auditioning for Ricky Skaggs’ Rolling Thunder in front of a live audience of a thousand people. According to some accounts, Andy Leftwich is one of the most recorded musicians of the 21St Century as a member […]
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Fruit Bats “Sometimes A Cloud Is Just A Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits And Lost Songs (2001–2021)”

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A thoughtful 23 song collection comprising favourites and unreleased rarities Fruit Bats have been the vehicle to showcase the skills of Eric Donald Johnson for two decades, give or take the odd séjour performing as SDJ, […]

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