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Discovering… Neil Young

July 16, 2021 Clint West 3

Quite liking Neil Young is a strange position find yourself in. He usually elicits much stronger feelings than that. By way of example, the first time I met one of my AUK colleagues he was dressed […]

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Classic Americana Albums – Teenage Fanclub “Songs From Northern Britain”

July 7, 2021 Mark Nenadic 4

If The Byrds, Neil Young and Big Star are lynchpins of Americana, then undoubtedly so are Teenage Fanclub, who distil the three so eloquently into their own sweet sound. For over thirty years (and counting) these […]

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Neil Young begins work on next album with Crazy Horse

June 8, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Neil Young has confirmed on his own Neil Young Archives website that he is currently working on a new album with his longtime collaborators Crazy Horse. Writing in his regular updates posted on the news bit […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 15

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Sat in a pub garden literally drinking it all in On the Monday when pubs were allowed to reopen it just so happened that I was on a road trip. Not content with having a shed […]

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A Night to Remember: Andrew Frolish recounts 10 great gigs

March 23, 2021 Andrew Frolish 3

Clint West, AUK’s features editor writes: Welcome to A Night to Remember, a brand new weekly feature in which AUK writers reminisce about great and memorable gigs that they have attended in the past. It’s a […]

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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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How the pandemic and Joe Henry brought musical space and enabled a weird type of collaboration. Aoife O’Donovan is a serial collaborator who also enjoys a solo career within the folk rock and americana genres, but […]

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Beth Nielsen Chapman “Crazy Town”

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Beth Nielsen Chapman and her crack Nashville band deliver a strong contender for Americana album of the year. Beth Nielsen Chapman needs no introduction to admirers of fine songwriting–with 14 previous studio albums to her name, […]

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Rising US star Stephen Wilson Jr. will be bringing his signature blend of indie, grunge and country to the UK for a headline tour this October before heading on to Europe. Wilson says, “The UK/EU has my […]

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