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The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: Peter Thompson

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So what makes a song a credible candidate for the Top 10 Americana Song of All Time feature? The task of selecting the top 10 has been assigned to the AUK staff writers, but without specific […]
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This week’s podcast features man of letters Wesley Stace ahead of his three dates next week in a wide-ranging chat about writing, performing, and ultimately being true to one’s name. There are also tracks from The […]
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Van Morrison “Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge”

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Popular music icon explores the blues in depth and sounds just fine. And your humble writer gets to review yet another musical icon, in the form of Sir Van Morrison, as he releases the 51st  (give […]
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When my number came up for another spin round this feature, I found that the three artists who came to mind had all been covered already. Then I found myself listening back to an artist who […]
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Keeping the past alive to help the future by reframing of old stories for today. It may be twenty years since Seth Lakeman was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for his second album, “Kitty Jay”, […]

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Collaboration brings a beautiful folk album with words of love. This is Alela Diane’s seventh album, and the story behind it starts with the death at the age of eighty-three of her great friend Michael Hurley. […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 David Lowery Songs

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David Lowery is an icon of americana who has been making music for over forty years and has never lost his passion for all things rootsy, rocky and melodic. His first band was Sitting Ducks which […]
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Josiah and the Bonnevilles “As Is”

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A slight shift in musical style makes for a refreshing sound that relays strong stories. Josiah Leming, the man who goes by the stage moniker of Josiah and the Bonnevilles, has been honing his craft since […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Josh Ritter is back with Jason Isbell produced record

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Rolling Stone Country have got a lovely little piece up today about Josh Ritter’s forthcoming new album which is more political than some of Ritter’s offerings to date, and which features the 400 Unit as his band. […]
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AUK Mini-Gig: Wes Collins

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Last spring, I asked Chapel Hill, North Carolina singer-songwriter extraordinaire, Wes Collins, to record a mini-gig session for Americana UK. Since you can view it below by pressing the reclining red triangle, he obviously came through. […]
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Nathan Jacques’ new single, ‘Drifting’, begins with ethereal, sliding notes, immediately engaging the listener in a song that is, quite simply, beautiful.  This is stuff to get lost in.  At over six minutes, the song allows the […]

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