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AUK’s Chain Gang: Erika Jonsson “Queen of the Highway”

September 11, 2023 Jonathan Smith 1
Following on from the Drive-By Truckers, here’s a song featuring a whole load of real-life truckers. Erika Jonsson is a full-fledged americana star in her native Sweden, and is currently augmenting her living in the tricky […]

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Logan Staats “Empty Hands” – nothing left to hold onto

March 11, 2026 0
Out on Ishkōdé Records, Empty Hands is the latest single from Logan Staats, following on from last year’s Medicine Wheel both of which are precursors to the next album from Staats.  All of these things make […]
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Video: Sons of Town Hall “Sirens” – no more trouble now

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Here’s the video for Sirens from Transatlantic duo Sons of Town Hall. There’s an ethereal tunefulness and sweet, haunting poetry to the words as we lose ourselves in Sirens: “Come near sweet travelers // Drink from the […]
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The Song Remains: Augie Meyers (1940 – 2026)

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He created the signature sound of Texas with a British Vox electric organ With the passing of Augie Meyers in his sleep after a short illness on 7th March, the music of South Texas and San […]

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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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