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For the Sake of the Song: Patty Griffin “Truth No. 2”

February 3, 2025 Helen Jones 2

The first time I heard ‘Truth No. 2’ by the eminent Patty Griffin it was, in fact, being sung by The Chicks (who still had the Dixie in front of their name at the time). This […]

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Sarah Jarosz “Polaroid Lovers”

April 15, 2024 Viv Fish 2

How to stand out from the crowd. If four Grammy Awards, including Best Americana Album in 2020 with ‘World on the Ground‘, weren’t enough to make her stand out from the crowd, this, Texas-born singer, songwriter, […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Richard Parkinson

July 27, 2023 Richard Parkinson 4

As ever when the subject of americana comes up the issue of what it is bubbles right up with it.  Back in the days when No Depression was an online community, there was a discussion where […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Dixie Chicks “Taking The Long Way”

June 22, 2023 Peter Churchill 2

Eight years separate the 1998 Dixie Chicks release ‘Wide Open Spaces’, the group’s first album to feature Natalie Maines on lead vocals, and ‘Taking The Long Way’, the first album to follow the infamous 2003 Shepherd’s […]

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AUK’s Chain Gang: Beyoncé & The Dixie Chicks “Daddy Lessons”

May 2, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

From The King of Juke Joint Swing to Queen Bey. Despite the anxiety of being designated driver for this week, I thoroughly enjoyed unpacking last Monday’s link by Guy Lincoln. The phrase ‘nom de plume‘ had […]

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Interview: The Brother Brothers – What’s going on?

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This interview took place just before The Brother Brothers left the US for a tour in Australia, which was cancelled when David Moss passed out while swimming in the surf and nearly drowned. You know we’ve […]

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Interview: Caleb Caudle values endurance and radical empathy

June 3, 2025 0

Caleb Caudle has been making music for longer than you might guess since the night he walked up to an open mic night, sat down and strummed his first chord in a live setting. He sings […]

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Interview: Chatham Rabbits can pull from a hatful of songs

May 28, 2025 1

It’s hard to pin down and stamp a genre like a Notary Public would on Chatham Rabbits. The husband-and-wife duo of Austin and Sarah McCombie started out in bluegrass and old-timey music, but they have taken […]

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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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