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Jim Lauderdale “Country Super Hits Volume 2”

March 20, 2026 0
Lauderdale releases a worthy, heartfelt follow-up twenty years later. At the age of sixty-eight, Jim Lauderdale is in top form, his voice as good as ever. The iconic songwriter, now a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame […]
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Stephen Wilson Jr announces UK and European tour dates for autumn 2026

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Stephen Wilson Jr. has released the latest dates for his Gary The Torch Tour, which, in addition to shows in the US West Coast and Southeast, include a series of UK and European  dates.  The tour […]
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Latest AUK Podcast now available – Danny George Wilson talks about new album “Arcade”

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This week’s podcast features a smashing chat with Danny George Wilson on the day of the release of his album Arcade, as well as new songs from Book of Churches, Logan Staats, plus Butler, Blake and […]

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]
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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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