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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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A heads-down, no-nonsense, sprightly mess of blues. The Texas Headhunters are a three-headed guitar Methuselah consisting of Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore, and Johnny Moeller; coming from road-hardened backgrounds playing in clubs and bars, the outcome is […]
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Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002

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In the long and storied career of the late, great Nanci Griffith, a musical legacy has been left behind that will, in years to come, surely stand the test of time just as much as it […]
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Freddy Trujillo “Ave Trujillo”

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The Delines’ bass player watches his fifth solo album fledge and take flight. Freddy Trujillo is, of course, the bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, but he has his own solo career that sees this, […]

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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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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

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If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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Track Dogs “Blind Summits & Hidden Dips”

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