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Join Willie Nelson for his virtual birthday party tonight!

April 29, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Willie Nelson is cordially inviting his fans to join in a celebration for his birthday tonight (April 29th) at 4:20 PM CST, or 10:20pm UK time. Tickets are $10 and proceeds will be donated to […]

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The Unsung Heroes of Americana – RCA Studio B, Nashville Recording Studio

April 1, 2021 Rick Bayles 2

So far on our Unsung Heroes series, we’ve had musicians, producers, instruments and even record labels. Now it’s time to turn our attention to one of the iconic buildings of Nashville and its importance to […]

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Album Reviews

Willie Nelson “That’s Life”

March 17, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

Nelson’s second Sinatra tribute is affectionate and authentic. ‘That’s Life’ is Willie Nelson’s second Frank Sinatra tribute album, following up on ‘My Way’ from 2018. The cover art is an atmospheric take on Sinatra’s moody […]

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Pick of the Political Pops: Willie Nelson “If You’ve Got The Money I’ve Got The Time”

March 5, 2021 Paul Villers 0

This week we had what grown-ups call The Budget which is essentially where important people in London scribble down a few sums on the back of a fag packet (fags didn’t go up you’ll recall […]

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Willie Nelson to publish “Letters to America”

March 3, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

The publisher Harper Horizon has announced a new book from country legend Willie Nelson – ‘Letters to America’ is written by the man himself with his friend Turk Pipkin, and lands on June 29th. The […]

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The Black Feathers “Angel Dust & Cyanide”

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UK duo embrace the chaos of the last two years on their new album. As America was preparing to head into lockdown in 2020 there was just one flight left out of New York’s JFK […]

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Grant Lee Phillips “All That You Can Dream”

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Grant Lee Phillips tries to find some sense in a world turned upside down Given that life is getting back to something like normality, one would expect the wave of so-called “lockdown” albums to gradually […]

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Josh Geffin “Hold on to the Light”

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Another beautiful set from this indie folk singer-songwriter, borne out of meditations on lockdown. After finding favour with AUK a couple of years back with his last EP ‘Islands’, Josh Geffin, still relatively unknown, has […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 2

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 […]

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Introducing ‘The Twang Factor’ – AUK’s showcase for new artists

September 17, 2020 2

Another reminder about this one everyone! At AUK we are firm believers in supporting new talent, especially in the current difficult environment. We are therefore putting our money where our mouth is by introducing ‘The […]

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This website kills fascists – Vote for hope today

December 12, 2019 16

Today dear reader is one of the most important days for this country that we’ve faced in decades, certainly since 1979. I wrote a piece a couple of years ago on the day of 2017’s […]

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Video Premiere: The Foreign Landers “Traveler”

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June 28, 2022 0

Enjoy the uplifting sound of The Foreign Landers on their latest single ‘Traveler’.  There are sweet harmonies, gorgeous melodies and fine musicianship to absorb, all accompanied by an artfully-shot video featuring beautiful landscapes and old […]

Interview: Blue Dogs’ Bobby Houck on combining being in a band with a professional career

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June 27, 2022 0

South Carolina’s Blue Dogs release their first album in eighteen years. “Big Dreamers” is a fine set of life-affirming, crowd-pleasing country rock songs that presents Blue Dogs to a new audience that may well have […]

Willi Carlisle “Vanlife” – does the American dream seem to be going wrong?

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June 27, 2022 0

With the sound of a jolly story in the style of Cash’s ‘Boy Named Sue‘ or ‘One Piece at a Time‘, Willi Carlisle  takes a satirical scalpel to the unravelling of the American Dream – […]

The Black Feathers “Angel Dust & Cyanide”

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June 27, 2022 0

UK duo embrace the chaos of the last two years on their new album. As America was preparing to head into lockdown in 2020 there was just one flight left out of New York’s JFK […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Whiskeytown “16 Days”

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June 27, 2022 0

Great, this feature has turned into a drinking game. So after Rick Bayles offered us Mary Gauthier’s reflection on drink and its perils, where else do we end up but Whiskeytown? I thought about playing […]

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