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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Mark Underwood

November 5, 2020 Clint West 3

AUK’s stellar mission to find the ‘top 10 americana albums of all time’ presses boldly on. We have witnessed many recognised stars in our firmament, with the occasional little known asteroid also hurtling by. Once or […]

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Kronos Quartet “Long Time Passing: The Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger” (Smithsonian Folkways, 2020)

October 22, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

This is an excellent recording that manages to celebrate and capture the essence of Pete Seeger the man, not just Pete Seeger the musician, while enhancing the already impressive reputation of the Kronos Quartet. While Pete […]

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Video: The Byrds “Eight Miles High”

September 11, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

It’s retro Friday and it doesn’t get much better than this.  Here is a late-era performance from legendary act The Byrds.  It’s nearly ten minutes of hypnotic, mesmerising musicianship.  This live version, from the Fillmore East […]

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Yo La Tengo “Wasn’t Born To Follow” – Listen

September 8, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Yo La Tengo will release ‘Sleepless Night‘ a new 6-track EP on October 9th, via Matador Records.  It’s a set of covers of songs by the likes of Bob Dylan and The Delmore Brothers – and […]

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AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Jonathan Aird

July 9, 2020 Clint West 2

At AUK we are on a quest to find the ‘top 10 americana albums ever’. Over the last few weeks our writers have been going through the mental anguish of trying to narrow the whole history […]

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Linda Ronstadt: ‘I don’t like any of my albums’

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Not quite as severe as it sounds – Linda Ronstadt, in a recent wide ranging interview in The Guardian, just joined the long list of artists who don’t get pleasure from listening to their old stuff […]

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Frazey Ford to release expanded “Indian Ocean” as well as a special vinyl reissue

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Originally released in October 2014, Frazey Ford’s acclaimed album “Indian Ocean” is set to return this year with a special vinyl reissue, out September 19th. The digital edition also includes three previously unreleased covers, including her […]

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They Might Be Giants “The Communists Have the Music”

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This year alone They Might Be Giants released their 20th full-length album ‘I Like Fun’ (don’t we all?), played 50 US cities demolishing stages to mostly sold out rooms, was nominated for a Tony award for their song ‘I’m Not A […]

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