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Ry Cooder live at McGlohon Theatre, Charlotte NC, Aud 2025

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Ry Cooder

July 2, 2025 Martin Johnson 8

Back in the seventies, Ry Cooder and J J Cale started me on my journey to explore American roots music. At the time, I thought Cooder was recreating the sounds of bygone times with his uncovering […]

Video Interview: Dan Stuart on Green on Red, Marlowe Billings and life

March 11, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

From rock and roll songwriter to literary writer. While they may never have got their record company’s cash registers ringing, Green on Red in the ‘80s helped in their own ramshackle way lay the foundation for […]

The Song Remains: Mojo Nixon (1957-2024)

February 12, 2024 Martin Johnson 2

From cow punk court jester to mainstream anarchist. Death is one of the few certainties in life, and the best any of us can hope for is a happy death, unfortunately, that is far from the […]

Interview: Martin Shore of Take Me To The River All-Stars on coming to Red Rooster

May 30, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Films, records and an educational programme documenting the real roots of popular music. If you are of a certain age with a keen interest in American roots music you will probably have at least an awareness […]

Interview: Chuck Prophet in San Francisco on fires and Dan Penn

September 9, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Chuck Prophet has had a long and fruitful career as a singer-songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, beginning with the groundbreaking Green On Red in the ‘80s before launching a successful solo career that has delivered a new […]

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Something for the weekend: Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel “Flying Things (Feat. The Secret Sisters)”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm as always, but in the meantime we leave you dear reader with a beautiful […]

Sam Lewis “Everything’s Fine”

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A gentle soul-searching album that will appeal to fans of John Prine and James Taylor. There are several artists, it seems, who go by the name of Sam Lewis. So, just to be clear, this release, […]

Suzanne Vega returns with more dates around festival appearances

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Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega continues her successful Flying with Angels Tour, bringing the career-spanning set to new stops in Salisbury, Folkestone, Halifax, and Aylesbury, where she will be joined on stage by her longtime guitarist, Gerry Leonard […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Ry Cooder

Video Interview: Dan Stuart on Green on Red, Marlowe Billings and life

The Song Remains: Mojo Nixon (1957-2024)

Interview: Martin Shore of Take Me To The River All-Stars on coming to Red Rooster

Interview: Chuck Prophet in San Francisco on fires and Dan Penn

Something for the weekend: Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel “Flying Things (Feat. The Secret Sisters)”

Sam Lewis “Everything’s Fine”

Suzanne Vega returns with more dates around festival appearances

Classic Clips: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Mr. Bojangles” – 1970

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