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Interview: Matt North on how drumming and screenwriting made him a songwriter

February 2, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Get the best, how Matt North got Wilco’s producer, Lucinda Williams’ guitarist, Emmylou Harris’s bassist, and Chris Stapleton’s keyboardist to work with him. There aren’t many singer-songwriters who get to middle-age before starting their solo recording […]
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Interview: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams on “It Was The Music”

June 22, 2021 Martin Johnson 0
How jams at the back of Bob Dylan’s tour bus and Levon Helm’s Barn helped a personal relationship become a musical one. ‘It Was The Music’ is a 10 episode documentary series by director Mark Moskowitz […]
Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Levon Helm & The RCO All Stars ” Levon Helm & The RCO All Stars”

March 24, 2021 Alan Fitter 2
In a recent poll on this very website, The Band’s eponymous 1969 album was voted the top Americana album of all time – a deserved honour for a band who epitomises the genre with a body […]
Features

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Lyndon Bolton

January 14, 2021 Clint West 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 quality […]
Videos

Video: Levon Helm “Poor Old Dirt Farmer”

August 14, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
This is retro Friday.  And this is Americana.  Levon Helm was famously the drummer and one of the vocalists for The Band.  He also released fabulous solo material.  This is from the 2007 comeback album, ‘Dirt […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 237 “I’m going down to Liverpool…”

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Charlotte Morris “Make America” – so, this word great…

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Video: Beck “Ride Lonesome” feat. Sierra Ferrell – you can’t put your arms ’round a memory

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Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

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Artwork for Bell White album "A sign in the weather"

Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 237 “I’m going down to Liverpool…”

July 20, 2026 0
As the song says, this week I’m heading to Liverpool, and therefore this article is going to be a shameless plug for the event I’m heading into town to help coordinate. After 25 years of serious […]
Tracks

Charlotte Morris “Make America” – so, this word great…

July 20, 2026 0
In it’s 250 year anniversary, Charlotte Morris proffers a few questions and thoughts on what it means to be patriotic: is there just one way to love your country, does it involve blind adherence to leaders […]
Videos

Video: Beck “Ride Lonesome” feat. Sierra Ferrell – you can’t put your arms ’round a memory

July 20, 2026 0
Eight-time GRAMMY winner Beck has joined forces with a host of talented artists recently, releasing collaborations with the likes of Orville Peck, the Black Keys, Gorillaz and Chemical Brothers. For his latest single, Beck has teamed […]

  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 237 “I’m going down to Liverpool…”
  • Charlotte Morris “Make America” – so, this word great…
  • Video: Beck “Ride Lonesome” feat. Sierra Ferrell – you can’t put your arms ’round a memory
  • Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”
  • Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”
  • Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates
  • Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking
  • Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”
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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

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Vinny Peculiar “The Fairer Sex” (Shadrack and Duxbury 2017)

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Who is Vinny Peculiar? Is he a poet? Musician? Philosopher? Explorer of societal mores? Well, he is all of these things and more. He investigates areas of societal belief and invites you to do the same.“Silver Meadows” […]
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Megan & Shane “Daughter of Country”

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Brilliant female vocal brings life to brutally honest and heartfelt country. ‘Daughter of Country’ is, by the admission of husband-and-wife duo Shane and Megan Baskerville, a sad album. There is no attempt here to disguise the […]
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Mike Waterson “Jack Frost” – Listen

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This year is the 80th anniversary of the legendary folk music label Topic Records, and we’ll have more to say about that soon.  Their roster of artists is quite phenomenal – The Watersons, Martin Carthy, Shirley […]

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