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Too many outlets letting out – Jon Aird’s Year in Tracks

December 9, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Just keeping the year on Track has been a challenge in more ways than one – but one of the things about 2020 that can be slightly celebrated is that there has been so much […]

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The Long Ryders “Down To The Well” – Listen

September 7, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1

It’s been going on for months, but at last we’re getting the Covid-19 reward we deserve – yes, a lockdown era new release from those rock and roll gods The Long Ryders.  A new single, […]

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“What Is This Americana Thing Anyway…?” – Jonathan Aird

May 29, 2020 Paul Villers 1

Our popular feature in which the your humble writers spill the beans on their influences, musical roots and record buying habits is back. This week Deputy Editor and man who is averse to foppish hair […]

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“What is this Americana thing anyway…?” – Clint West

January 16, 2020 Paul Villers 3

Time for another in our series looking at the routes our writers have taken into Americana and just what it is that makes it our favourite genre. This week we are warmed by Clint West’s […]

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A Review of the Year: My friend lives in an Ivory Tower, she’s Protected from Misery.

December 17, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Which is quite lucky for her really – everyone else has probably noticed that 2019 has been one of those years destined to go down in history as interesting – and we all know the […]

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Rick Shea “Love and Desperation”

Album Reviews
February 26, 2021 0
Cali-country veteran ponders life to an accordion-driven soundtrack We Brits might call Rick Shea an Angeleno, his press might style him as a Covina singer-songwriter but when it comes down to it this, his 9th [...]
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Corner House “Caribou Party”

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February 25, 2021 0
A fresh take on earthy old-time string music and Celtic folk from Boston quartet Corner House Corner House are a young string band quartet based in New England, with Ethan Setiawan on mandolin and mandola, [...]
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XIXA “Genesis”

February 24, 2021 0
A glorious trip through the dark underbelly of Tucson desert rock First off. Who on earth could resist a band who list as influences, ‘70s Spaghetti Westerns and ‘80s horror films, Edgar Allan Poe and [...]
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Chris Pierce “American Silence”

February 23, 2021 0
Passionate, well-constructed, generously-spirited protest music that can’t be ignored. There’s a quote attributed to Americana/folk musician Todd Snider out there where he says ‘I didn’t write this song to change people’s minds, I  wrote it [...]
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Jesse Brewster “The Lonely Pines”

February 22, 2021 1
A very assured outing by a roots music renaissance man who can do it all. To be adept at Americana in the full sense of what this genre is supposed to represent, you simply just [...]

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Rick Shea “Love and Desperation”

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Cali-country veteran ponders life to an accordion-driven soundtrack We Brits might call Rick Shea an Angeleno, his press might style him as a Covina singer-songwriter but when it comes down to it this, his 9th […]

Black Deer and Red Rooster are on for 2021!

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February 26, 2021 0

Some good news for americana festival goers this year, as both Red Rooster and Black Deer looked like taking a hiatus for a second year due to falling foul of the government’s recent lockdown relaxation […]

Bessie Deakin “Extended In Space” – Listen

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February 26, 2021 0

When Bessie Deakin sings “meet me at the Half Moon” she’s not being all cosmic – no, it’s the legendary Half Moon in Putney that she’s referencing.  And when she sings “come to the graveyard […]

Video Premiere: James Combs feat. April Mann “Strange Signs”

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Los Angeles-based James Combs has set himself the ambitious project of releasing a series of bi-monthly double singles with his long-time collaborators Matt Hergert (drums) and the multi-instrumentalist John Would, who also takes on production […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: The Shortlist

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Last week we completed our writers’ lists of their top 10 americana albums ever. Since then we have been busy tallying up the totals to produce a shortlist of 20 albums. Our writers will now […]

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