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John Fogerty “Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival Years”

September 15, 2025 Rick Bayles 11
One of the great names of americana is back with new recordings of many of his classic songs. When it comes to trying to identify the founding fathers of what we think of as americana, the […]
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Essentials: The Top Ten Creedence Clearwater Revival Cover Songs

September 5, 2024 Dean Nardi 3
Introducing a band to the world with a cover song isn’t often done, yet in 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival went against the grain by choosing Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ 1958 soul classic ‘l Put a Spell on […]
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Record Store Day – the Americana UK guide to the releases

April 22, 2022 Emily Dongray 1
It’s that time again where the format fiends get excited about queueing at 5 am (or earlier) to be among the few to own this year’s exclusively released records. Record Store Day started in 2007 and […]
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Video: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Bootleg”

February 16, 2022 Mike Robbie 2
In what might be the first ever Alt-Country / Americana music video, here is Creedence Clearwater Revival at the height of their success in early ’69, as they roll through this very danceable number from their […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: John Fogerty “Weeping in the Promised Land”

July 19, 2021 Emily Dongray 0
‘Born on the Bayou’ by Creedence Clearwater Revival is a song about travelling that band member John Fogerty produced in 1969. Let’s travel within John Fogerty’s body of work and take a look at his most […]

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]
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Interview: Lady Nade on being involved in a Netflix drama, inspiration, identity and mental health in music

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Runner-up in our readers’ poll for Best UK Artist in 2025, Lady Nade has steadily built a reputation as one of the most distinctive and emotionally resonant voices in UK roots music. Blending jazz, Americana, folk, […]
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Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

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I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]

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Luke Tuchscherer “Shadows – Touring EP” (Clubhouse Records, 2018)

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Ever since seeing Tuchscherer performing with the band The Whybirds in a small Bedford pub this reviewer has been quite partial to their (and his) take on the classic Americana driving song style of most of […]
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Interview: Dean Owens and Joey Burns on the recording of “Sinner’s Shrine” – The Crystal Frontier meets the Water of Leith

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AUK’s 2021 winner of Best UK Act, Scotland’s Dean Owens, and Calexico’s Joey Burns talk of how they bonded in a sun blasted Tucson, cemented their friendship in a wintry Edinburgh, and went on to record […]

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