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Sarah Sample “Old Barn Owl” – Listen

December 2, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Sarah Sample’s ‘Old Barn Owl‘ is a gorgeous song.  It is also very much a song of two parts, a gentle strummed folk song that takes to wings that soar over a desolate and lonesome landscape. […]

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelei “I Will Eat My Heart in The Morning Light” – the sweetest melody of the year

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Grab your festival t-shirt and hat now for collection on the day. Here at AUK Towers, we naturally shy away from the grasping maw of capitalism, but occasionally, in exceptional circumstances, we must face up to […]
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Friends Of Jesse Malin “I Would Do It For You, Vol. 1”

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A second tribute album to the songs of the great Jesse Malin. There can’t be many Americana music fans who weren’t deeply moved by the incredibly sad news back in 2023 that Jesse Malin, one of […]

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Interview: Wesley Stace “I’m never satisfied with my artistic output”

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Since his birth in Sussex in 1965, Wesley Stace has become a man of all colours, releasing 21 albums (17 under the nom de auteur-interprète John Wesley Harding), writing four books, organising the Cabinet of Wonders […]
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

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The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

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Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]

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