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Creating a couple of radio shows and having a voracious appetite for new music keep me coming back to Bandcamp. It is a wonderful thing. I never play tracks on my shows that I have not […]

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Breakfield “Breakfield”

June 16, 2026 0
Reimagined Nashville four-piece set out their stall for their new era. Once upon a time, there was a band called Boy Named Banjo who released two albums independently before signing to Mercury Nashville and putting out […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Joyann Parker

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Joyann Parker refuses to be boxed into one specific genre. Her latest album, Lifelines (Hopeless Romantic Records, 2026), fuses soul, rock, blues and americana, sounding both timeless and urgent. The album forms a deeply human collection of songs built […]
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Adam Gaffney and the Balladeers “Product of Another Sad Song”

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Honky tonk country vibes and a personal journey. Describing himself as an alt-country artist, St Louis native Adam Gaffney has actually created an album that is full of real country songs, sounding like they’ve come straight […]

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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]
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Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

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With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]

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Video Premiere: Lady Nade “Rainbow”

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Decisions, decisions – what to do when the Americana Music Association Awards clashes with a hen’s-teeth rare outing by Shirley Collins at The Roundhouse?  That is the dilemma before us all – the cream of the […]
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AmericanA to Z – Viper Central

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Starting out as a Bluegrass band, Vancouver’s Viper Central have seen some changes over the years – in line-up and in musical direction.  A constant since the band formed in 2007 is the main songwriter, fiddle […]

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