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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Kimberly Bright

January 21, 2021 Clint West 3

We’ve heard a lot about “light at the end of the tunnel” recently. For 20 years AUK has been vaccinating readers against the harmful effects of cheesy music by injecting a large dose of cool americana […]

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PopMatters choses its top americana albums of 2020

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Back when we launched our site in 2001 we tended to cover a bit of pop as well as americana, of the power-variety – not such strange bedfellows when you consider artists such as Big Star, […]

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Grammy 2020 Americana nominations announced

November 30, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

The nominations have been announced for the 63rd annual Grammy awards which are due to take place on January 31st 2021, and amongst the three thousand odd categories are of course Best Americana Album and Best […]

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Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris to play autism benefit next month

November 18, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

For five years running, our dear beloved Steve Earle has been gathering a group of world-class friends and performers for a one-night-only concert which raises money for The Keswell School, an educational program for children and […]

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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Mark Underwood

November 5, 2020 Clint West 3

AUK’s stellar mission to find the ‘top 10 americana albums of all time’ presses boldly on. We have witnessed many recognised stars in our firmament, with the occasional little known asteroid also hurtling by. Once or […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Keegan McInroe “Agnes”

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Sixth album from Texan Troubadour resonates with its stories and musicanship. Within the ruins of the Chisos Mining Company, Keegan McInroe has discovered a rich songwriting seam. Recorded in a mud brick church (Santa Inez) in […]

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The Orange Circus Band “Whistle in the Dawn” (Independent, 2020)

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The Orange Circus Band are a Bluegrass/Americana collective based in Kent, but proclaiming roots in Virginia, USA, and this influence is plain to see in their new release ‘Whistle in the Dawn‘, which boasts an instrumental […]

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