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Something for the weekend: Trampled By Turtles and Yoke Lore “Fake Plastic Trees” – Live

September 1, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1
Well that’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a lovely clip captured at the In Between Days festival in Quincy, MA last week where Trampled By Turtles were joined […]
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Trampled by Turtles “Alpenglow”

November 29, 2022 GrahamBollands 0
Memorable hooks, bright melodies and a wonderful blend of guitar, banjo, mandolin and fiddle set against reflective lyrics. ‘Alpenglow’ is the tenth studio album by Minnesota-based Trampled by Turtles, and what a great record it is. […]
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Video: Trampled by Turtles “Burlesque Desert Window”

September 22, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Strange figures in homemade owl costumes bike, skate, and battle with water balloons in the new video from Trampled by Turtles for ‘Burlesque Desert Window’.   The song is from their upcoming album ‘Alpenglow’ which was produced […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Michael Macy

September 8, 2022 Michael Macy 0
As previous AUK writers have observed, it’s very hard to pick the best 10 americana albums from the last 20 or so years. For one thing I’ve probably only heard a fraction of them, so the […]
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Trampled By Turtles “It’s So Hard To Hold On” – Hold me now….

June 24, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
Trampled By Turtles has announced the release of their forthcoming album Alpenglow on October 28th (Thirty Tigers). Produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Alpenglow is the Minnesota-based sextet’s tenth album.  And, wouldn’t ya know it, today’s song is from that […]

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Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]
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Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

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