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Preview: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass confirm a stellar line up for their 25th anniversary

September 17, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 1

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB) has confirmed the full lineup for its silver anniversary in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park from Friday, October 3rd to Sunday, October 5th. The lineup is an extraordinary collection of artists, many […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 139: “Gadzooks”

April 26, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 2

Somehow I have found myself watching a lot of TV recently – who knows where I found the time but Mrs H has been involved with a highly secret thing which has involved her being out […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Readers’ Picks 21-30

February 28, 2024 Clint West 1

We invited readers to have their say and you responded in your droves, voting for a total of 131 different artists although we are still to decide whether votes for Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Best of the Rest

February 1, 2024 Clint West 3

It’s done, the articles have been written, the numbers crunched and AUK writers are slowly regaining their sanity. Twenty-four of our finest offered their assessment and came up with over 120 different artists. Points were awarded […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Paul Kerr

January 11, 2024 Paul Kerr 7

As has been mentioned many times before in this feature, there’s a conundrum at the heart of it. First off, what on earth is americana? Well, for this piece, it’s whatever I decide fits the bill. […]

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