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For The Sake Of The Song: Over The Rhine “Latter Days”

April 14, 2025 Tim Martin 2

I’ve talked about Over The Rhine before, often, but they’ve accompanied me on the life journey for over 20 years now. They have written several songs that have resonated for me at different times, but none […]

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More People Should Really Know About: Over The Rhine

October 11, 2023 Tim Martin 2

My entry in this series will come as no surprise to anyone. They were the first act I wrote about in these august pages, on their last trip to the UK, in 2017. Paul Russell nominated […]

Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Over The Rhine “Drunkards Prayer”

July 26, 2023 Paul Russell 1

Never has the complicated, raw and unpredictable path to true love been better laid bare than this beautiful, stunning collection of heartfelt, highly personal songs. The core duo of Karin Bergquist, with her extraordinarily powerful voice, […]

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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Tim Martin

February 17, 2022 Tim Martin 3

It can be easy to wallow in the past with so many classic albums to choose from, but as my much younger colleague Kimberley Bright pointed out in her entry in this series, so many artists […]

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Forgotten Artists – Over the Rhine

December 23, 2020 Rick Bayles 0

It’s our last FORGOTTEN ARTISTS feature of the year and it’s another fine one from regular contributor to this series, Tim Martin. This duo aren’t so much forgotten as criminally neglected on this side of the […]

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Charles Ellsworth “Cosmic Cannon Fodder”

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Interview: Jennifer Castle opens the door into her world of song

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Interview: Jennifer Castle opens the door into her world of song

May 21, 2025 0

We are here to talk about the Earth Mother, We are here to talk about the Arthurian Damsel. We are here to talk about an imaginative chimera and a darker rose. We are here to talk […]

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Interview: The Barlow is a band with Workingman’s Cred and High Spirits

May 16, 2025 0

The Barlow is a band in high spirits these days with a brand-new album, their fourth, that’s worth some serious fist-bumping. The band calls their brand of music Colorado Country, and it’s as rugged as the […]

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Interview: Vanessa Collier Does It Her own Way

April 29, 2025 0

Be daring, be yourself, be willing to take risks and stand alone. Vanessa Collier’s music is gritty, raw, and at times, either downright sad or bubbling happy. As with most songwriters worth their salt, her songs […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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