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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 Martin Johnson 2
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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The Song Remains: Joe Ely (1947 – 2025)

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A Great Texas Artist Who Nearly Conquered The World Joe Ely, an icon of Texas music and country rock, has died at home in Taos, New Mexico, on December 15th from complications of Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson’s, […]
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Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore “Texicali”

June 28, 2024 Adrian Dzialdowski 0
Solid collaboration from two of Americana’s finest. Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Dave Alvin must have two of the most distinctive voices in Americana. Of course they also both have long and distinguished careers including many solo […]
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AUK’s Back Pages No. 3

April 29, 2024 Paul Kerr 1
Summer time’s here, kiddies and it’s time to take a trip. So let’s trip into the summer of 2005 with a look at the May – August discs (Vol. 2, numbers 5 to 8) delivered to […]
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Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore “We’re Still Here” – We’re still standing!

April 29, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1
‘TexiCali’ is the a brand new studio album from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and it is out June 21st via Yep Roc Records.  In advance we can point you towards the aptly-titled first single […]

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Enjoyable southern rock release with lyrics that focus on the positive. Formed in Brooklyn at the end of 2006, but now based in North Carolina, Yarn tend to lean towards the southern rock element of americana. […]
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Live Review: Merry McCloud & Bruce Welch, The Bread and Roses, London – 3rd May 2026

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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

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“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]
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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]

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Steve Earle & The Dukes “Ghosts Of West Virginia” (New West Records, 2020)

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There’s nothing like a cause to get Steve Earle all fired up so when he was approached to write a set of songs for a theatre production about 29 miners killed in a coal dust explosion […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Madison Cunningham

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Here at AUK, we are posting regular ‘mini-gigs’ – a chance for you to see live performances from great artists while being socially distant from them.  These little connections keep us going, folks.  For today’s instalment, […]
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Video: Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash “Girl From The North Country”

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Something of a classic in this week’s retro slot with two giants in a seminal moment on TV.  Have a great weekend everyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g77wH68dFC8

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