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Dropkick Murphys “This Machine Still Kills Fascists”

September 29, 2022 Graeme Tait 0
Amplifier’s turned off as Massachusetts rockers breathe fire into Guthrie’s lyrics, strikingly relevant for such times as these. For well over twenty years Dropkick Murphys have unapologetically delivered their brand of American Celtic Punk Rock supplying […]
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Dropkick Murphys revive Woody Guthrie songs – new single out now

September 16, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Dropkick Murphys have released a new single and video, ‘Ten More Times‘ from the forthcoming album ‘This Machine Still Kills Fascists‘. The new album will be released digitally and on CD on September 30th via the […]
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Paperback Riders: Bob Dylan “Chronicles Volume One”

May 27, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 1
Books Editor, Rick Bayles, writes – When Gordon submitted this latest article for his ‘Paperback Riders’ series neither of us knew it would, sadly, be his last. It has been a genuine pleasure to work with […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Woody Guthrie “1913 Massacre”

May 16, 2022 Clint West 0
Last week Dave Jarman brought us Bob Dylan’s version of the much covered ‘Man of Constant Sorrow’ which as he pointed out,  was first published by Dick Burnett in 1913. So it is to that year that […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Malvina Reynolds “Little Boxes”

March 14, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0
The link to last week’s feature is that of property and housing and, whereas we were contemplating an apparently desirable ocean-front property, this week we are looking at the other end of the market – little […]

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Tony Trischka And Billy Strings “Gentle On My Mind” – the ever calming balm of banjo

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So the good news that I can bring you this morning – and are you ready to hear the good news? I truly believe you are. The good news is that we have, here at Americana […]
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Video Premiere: Dean Owens “Face The Storm (The Buffalo)”

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2025 was another extraordinary year for Scottish singer-songwriter Dean Owens. Last year started with a headline show at Celtic Connections in Glasgow to launch Owens’ acclaimed twelfth studio album, Spirit Ridge, before touring Australia with his […]
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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

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Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]
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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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Calexico “Voices in the Field” – Listen

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Stereogum have premiered a new track by the act they describe as “Arizona’s resident Americana band” Calexico who recently announced their ninth studio album, “The Thread That Keeps Us”. Voices In The Field follows on from […]
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Video: Jason & the Scorchers “Absolutely Sweet Marie”

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A blast from the past for Friday which still cuts it and then some thirty plus years on.
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Video: Guy Clark “Let It Roll”

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Perhaps not the greatest footage this week in the retro slot but definitely one of the greatest performers and the greatest songs.  A wonderful live version of Let Him Roll from Guy Clark’s 1975 classic album […]

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