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Gillian Welch “Picasso” – Listen

October 6, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1
‘Picasso’ is making Gillian Welch blue – so she suggests that he just pack his things and go, ‘cos everything looks wrong in his pictures.  It’s another release from the Gillian Welch archive – one of […]
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Gillian Welch “Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol.1” (Acony Records, 2020)

August 26, 2020 Paul Kerr 1
Lockdown seems to have spurred Gillian Welch into action. Hardly a prolific artist, this latest disc comes hot on the heels of her covers album, ‘All The Good Times’, and a further two volumes of so-called […]
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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Alasdair Fotheringham

August 20, 2020 Clint West 1
After a week off to catch our breath, AUK’s quest to find the ’10 best americana albums ever’ returns this week with the selections of Alasdair Fotheringham.  Each week a different AUK writer offers his or herself […]
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Gillian Welch to release new volume of “lost recordings” – Listen

July 20, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
Gillian Welch has confirmed the digital release of ‘Boots No.2: The Lost Songs, Vol.1’ which will come out at the end of this month via Acony Records, the independent record label she and partner David Rawlings […]
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Something for the weekend: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings “Jackson”

July 17, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
So, the end of another very sad week for music with news that for me the best venue in the country, The Deaf Institute in Manchester, will never be reopening its doors – more than ever, […]

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An impressive blues-influenced mixture of laid-back and edgier numbers. Coast of Light is Luke Winslow-King’s ninth album after having debuted with Luke Winslow-King in 2008. It is a bit of an outlier from many of the […]
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The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]
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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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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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Video: Lyle Lovett with Nanci Griffith “Closing Time”

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For this week’s retro slot we have a brilliant “before they were famous” performance from the last 1970s.  Footage quality isn’t great but this is a gem.
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Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists

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It has long been a tradition in music for artists to cover their favourite songs. Some take the original to the next level, while others are straight copies; some are plain weird, and finally, there are […]
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