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EP Round-Up September 2023

September 18, 2023 Alan Fitter 0

Welcome to the first of our regular EP Round-Ups. Wikipedia defines an EP as: “A musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record”. Most EPs play at […]

Interviews

Interview: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams on channelling Levon Helm’s spirit

February 14, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

The importance of emotional and musical honesty and the story of The Royal Potato Family. Americana last chatted with Larry and Teresa two years ago about their role in the ‘It Was The Music’ documentary which […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Roger Street Friedman

December 22, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the latest in our occasional series of mini-gigs, opportunities for excellent artists to transmit the energy of a live performance directly into your home.  Roger Street Friedman and his band deliver an outstanding final mini-gig […]

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Videos

Video: Roger Street Friedman “Thankful For This Day”

December 19, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0

Gratitude for the experience of fatherhood inspires Roger Street Friedman in his new video for ‘Thankful For This Day’.   This lyric video features photos of Friedman’s children and wife throughout the years as he sings a […]

Interviews

Interview: Roger Street Friedman on working with Larry Campbell and his own daughter’s influence

November 15, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

How you restart a music career after twenty-five years. Roger Street Friedman has been operating largely under the radar of the mainstream music business since he decided to restart his musical career after an absence of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Bill Fay “Filled With Wonder Once Again”

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Buck Owens And His Buckaroos “Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974”

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Jolie Holland to release Michael Hurley tribute with Max Knause

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Ead Wood Album "Cash Mountain"

Ead Wood “Cash Mountain”

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Matt Hill “Save Your Pity” – a life lived without regrets

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  • For the Sake of the Song: Bill Fay “Filled With Wonder Once Again”
  • Buck Owens And His Buckaroos “Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974”
  • Jolie Holland to release Michael Hurley tribute with Max Knause
  • Ead Wood “Cash Mountain”
  • Matt Hill “Save Your Pity” – a life lived without regrets
  • Emma Swift “Nothing And Forever” – what’ll it be?
  • Video Premiere: Stan Simon “Long Way Past Gone”
  • Something for the weekend: Shaboozey “Good News”
  • Charley Crockett announces new album “Dollar a Day”
  • Suzie Ungerleider “Among the Evergreens”
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Interview: Michelle Billingsley on honky-tonkin’ and two-steppin’

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It was a windy, wintry January day in Chicago when June, Michelle Billingsley’s 50-pound Australian Shepherd, jumped up beside her on the couch. “Yeah, she saw me putting on my makeup, which usually means I’m going […]

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Interview: Swarme of Beese finds more poetry in darkness than in light

June 30, 2025 0

The term mutant folk seems to fit. In the band’s early days, before The Victor Mourning emerged from the pupa into an adult Swarme of Beese, their songs elicited unusual receptions. Co-songwriter Lynne Adele recalls performing […]

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Interview: Sean McConnell on taking a journey underneath the skin

June 26, 2025 0

Looking at the cover artwork for Sean McConnell’s latest album “Skin” (Silent Desert Music, 2025), you might think he has a fixation on tattoos, what with the drawing of a hand covered in ink art from […]

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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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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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