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Interview: Bill Kirchen’s real country for hippies by “The Titan of The Telecaster”

July 12, 2022 Martin Johnson 2
How Pete Townshend helped Bill Kirchen get his first Telecaster and working with the UK’s Nick Lowe. Bill Kirchen is one of the legends of americana due to his time with genre-defining band Commander Cody and […]
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Record Store Day – the Americana UK guide to the releases

April 22, 2022 Emily Dongray 1
It’s that time again where the format fiends get excited about queueing at 5 am (or earlier) to be among the few to own this year’s exclusively released records. Record Store Day started in 2007 and […]
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Classic Clips: Wilco, Mavis Staples and Nick Lowe “The Weight” – Chicago Civic Opera House, 2012

February 4, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 3
Featuring three greatly loved artists round these ere parts, this a glorious piece of film from the green room of the Chicago Civic Opera House in 2012 as they rehearse the encore they are about to […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana albums of the 21st Century: Dave Jarman

January 20, 2022 David Jarman 1
Well yes – what an enjoyable challenge! I was perhaps unusual in having six of my top 10 americana albums of all time from 2000 onwards, so consistency and laziness could have coincided and just left […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Dave Edmunds “Repeat When Necessary”

January 19, 2022 Martin Johnson 6
Echoes of the ‘50s but this music created a new wave with a Rockpile foundation. Dave Edmunds is an obsessive fan of ‘50s rock’n’roll, early ‘60s black and white pop, early R&B and country music, and […]

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Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

May 8, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop outfit who have announced details of their new album Punching The Clown which […]
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Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”

May 8, 2026 0
The first great, breezy, summer “pop” record is here, from a self-described “Americanish” band with an old-country soul. Much like their previous efforts, High Horse, by Cowtown’s Cut Throat Finches, defies easy categorisation. Is it a […]
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Zoh Amba to tour Europe and UK in autumn 2026

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Zoh Amba, who previously announced their Matador debut album, Eyes Full, which is out on 5th June 2026, has shared details of a run of UK and European tour dates. The European leg kicks off on […]

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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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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Beth Bombara “Space Junk” – Zooming in from the Outer Limits

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Missouri based Beth Bombara has spent much of her adulthood on the road, carving out her own mix of modern folk and electrified roots-rock. She’s been a solo artist, a bandleader, and an occasional side musician […]
Album Reviews

Fay Hield “Wrackline” (Topic Records, 2020)

September 18, 2020 0
On her new release Fay Hield digs deep into folksong’s mystical world – the songs of spirits, usually malicious and malevolent, dark deeds and supernatural consequences. It’s a theme that is captured to perfection from the […]
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AUK Back Pages No. 13

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We’re at the tail end of 2008 now which means that we have an extra disc to mention, a Christmas gift to our subscribers who received a “Best 0f 2008” CD along with their December fix.  […]

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