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Track Premiere: Great Lake Swimmers “Getting To The Heart Of It”

March 4, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

There’s a lot of good news attached to this Premiere of a new song from Great Lake Swimmers.  Not only is  ‘Getting to the Heart of It‘ a great song from Tony Dekker, reverberating beautifully […]

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Songs for the apocalypse: Great Lake Swimmers “When It Flows”

November 27, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Two of my favourite bands in the world are Great Lakes (Ben Crum’s indie-americana project from Georgia) and Great Lake Swimmers, the quintet currently based in a little known village north of Athens called Toronto. […]

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Great Lake Swimmers “The Waves The Wake” (Nettwerk Records, 2018)

September 10, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

Over their 15-year career, Canada’s Great Lake Swimmers have crafted to perfection their version of folk informed chamber songs led throughout by Tony Dekker. While their last release, ‘A Forest of Arms’ added a more […]

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Great Lake Swimmers have new album and tour dates

July 13, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

That’s right – it’s been a long time since ‘A Forest of Arms‘ , fully 3 years, but at last Tony Dekker’s band return with a new full-length release ‘The Waves, The Wake‘ which is […]

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Great Lake Swimmers ride the waves with new album, EP

April 13, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

2018 marks the 15th anniversary of one of our favourite indie-folk/rock bands here at AUK, Great Lake Swimmers (not to be confused with the also great Great Lakes) and today they’ve announced a new album: ‘The […]

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Americana Roots: Pixie & the Partygrass Boys

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Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US.  It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts [...]

Americana Roots: Grayson Capps

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American Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US.  It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts [...]
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Americana Roots: Horseshoes & Hand Grenades

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  American Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US.  It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established [...]
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Americana Roots: Old Town Flood

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  American Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US.  It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established [...]
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Americana Roots: Tenth Mountain Division

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  Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US.  It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established [...]

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Interview: Scottish singer-songwriter Kerri Watt on Neptune’s Daughter and recording in Austin

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Interview: Scottish singer-songwriter Kerri Watt on Neptune’s Daughter and recording in Austin

Interviews
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Kerri Watt discusses the influence of Van Morrison and Sheryl Crow and how female artists still need to work extra hard to breakthrough It is not very often that an artist who has just released […]

William the Conqueror’s new album lands in March

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January 15, 2021 0

William the Conqueror return this March with a new album called ‘Maverick Thinker‘ which will be released via Chrysalis Records.  Well known for their bravura performances and ability to give it all in the service […]

Justin Moses “The Lightning And The Thunder” – Listen

Tracks
January 15, 2021 0

Justin Moses has a new album slated for release on January 22nd, it’s called ‘Fall Like Rain‘ and ‘The Lightning And The Thunder‘ is a stand-out track from it.   It’s a rollicking Bluegrass number featuring […]

Video Premiere: William Poyer “Round the Bend”

Videos
January 15, 2021 0

Check out the video premiere of William Poyer’s new single ‘Round the Bend’.  It’s the fourth video created alongside director Jose Grageda and is a suitably moody accompaniment to an absorbing song. As well as […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Lyndon Bolton

Features
January 14, 2021 4

Welcome once more to AUK’s quest to identify the top 10 americana albums ever. Looking back it is quite striking to see not only the diversity of the selections so far but also the consistent […]

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