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Video: Mekons “In The Desert”

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June 10, 2019 Jeremy Searle Videos 0

This is an excellent desert-rock style track from veteran folk-punk warriors Mekons new album “Deserted”. The video is… strange, but brilliant.

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Deputy Editor & Videos Editor at Americana UK, promoter at Greenbird Promotions, writer for R2 and Maverick magazines, possessor of more CDs than is entirely decent and inveterate hoarder.

Jim Keller “Spark and Flame”

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Great musicianship with eighties influences. Jim Keller was the guitarist and chief songwriter for the San Francisco group, Tommy Tutone, who had a couple of power-pop hits in the eighties, the most famous being ‘867-5309/ […]

Boulder Fields “Falkirk Attic Demos”

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Folkier reinventions of a hard-rocking past. This EP (5 tracks) is the debut release from new Scottish outfit, Boulder Fields, consisting of singer/songwriter Cam Fraser, fiddle player Amy Geddes and mandolin player Iain McCleod. It’s […]

Tyler Childers “Can I Take My Hounds To Heaven”

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Self-produced project featuring eight tracks performed in three different ways. There can’t be many reading this who don’t know of Tyler Childers. Following his second album ‘Purgatory’, Childers was named emerging artist of the year […]

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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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Live Review: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit + His Lordship, O2 Apollo, Manchester – 18th November 2022

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AUK’s Clint West sees Jason Isbell complete a journey from small venue troubadour to the first modern americana superstar. On November 25th 2013 Jason Isbell played at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge in support of his newly […]

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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 […]

Jim Keller “Spark and Flame”

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Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, Royal Festival Hall, London – 27th November 2022

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If there was an award for the most understated arrival on stage Cowboy Junkies would be strong contenders. For a show of such total immersion into a deep well of genres, whether their own material […]

Dear Dr. Cleetus… Am I too hairy for Americana?

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Every month Dr Cleetus Hose, renowned relationship and sexual health guru shares his advice for Americana UK readers. Dear Dr Cleetus, I have long been a fan of Americana music and all the things that […]

Boulder Fields “Falkirk Attic Demos”

Album Reviews

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Trevor Beales “Then I’ll Take You Home” – lost folk rediscovered

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December 7, 2022 0

This is like music from another time, and there’s a simple reason for this as it comes from a cache of recently rediscovered recordings by a teenager called Trevor Beales, who recorded his music in […]

Video: Mekons “In The Desert”

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