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Book Review: Jonathan Bernstein “What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome” The Authorised Biography of Justin Townes Earle

February 25, 2026 Andy Short 0
There is no happy ending to this book. There is scarcely a happy beginning; however, along the journey, Justin Townes Earle’s personality shines through. The effect he had on the people he met and worked with […]

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Something for the weekend: Shania Twain featuring the Milk Carton Kids “Who Do You Love”

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Live Review: Robert Jon and the Wreck, The Junction, Cambridge – 2nd October 2026

October 12, 2026 0
Tight, powerful, Southern rock from both sides of the pond. From the first notes of this sold-out show, it is clear that Robert Jon and the Wreck are on peak form: musically tight, driven, and having […]
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Sheryl Crow “Pick You Up”

October 12, 2026 0
A relatively short but most definitely sweet offering of hope from a nine-time Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. Sheryl Crow requires little or no introduction, either here within the pages of AUK […]
Tracks

The Chapin Sisters “One Little Drop” – watching the money trickle down

October 12, 2026 0
There are any number of pernicious economic lies, but perhaps the greatest one is “it’s ok for me to be a multi-billionaire because it all trickles down through the people I employ and the purchases I make.” Really? […]

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  • Sheryl Crow “Pick You Up”
  • The Chapin Sisters “One Little Drop” – watching the money trickle down
  • Video: Steph Fraser “Love of Your Life” – an anti-love song
  • Something for the weekend: Shania Twain featuring the Milk Carton Kids “Who Do You Love”
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Electric Elm “Play The Velvet Underground” – back in those endless days

June 24, 2026 1
Electric Elm is a collaboration between singer-songwriter Chris Bousquet (aka American Elm) and multi-instrumentalist and producer Eric Lichter (Earl Slick, Mercury Rev). Bousquet and Lichter are longtime friends who grew up in adjacent Connecticut shoreline towns. […]
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Ags Connolly “Wrong Again (You Lose A Life)” – Listen

October 29, 2019 0
Oxfordshire honky-tonker Ags Connolly has his third album ‘Wrong Again‘ coming out on the first day of the apocalypse – or November 1st if you prefer.   Today’s song is, quite obviously, the title track and sees […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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