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Nick Mulvey to guest curate Cambridge 2019

September 28, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

So the weekend beckons dear readers.  Have a good one whatever you get up to. Leaving you today with news that Cambridge Folk Festival have announced that local lad Nick Mulvey will be returning to Cambridge in 2019 […]

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Billy Wylder “Strike The Match” (Sand & Gold Records, 2018)

September 28, 2018 Peter Churchill 0

Billy Wylder is the songwriting project of Avi Salloway who was a touring member of African Tuareg/desert rock band Bombino for years. Salloway’s social and environmental activism has taken him across Africa, the Middle East, […]

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Jason Isbell is the Twitter big hitter against right wing trolls

September 28, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

RS Country has a nice piece in it today about Jason Isbell’s excellent track record with combating Trump supporting Twitter combatants which, let’s face it, would be a drain on anyone. They describe how almost a decade […]

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Pick of the Political Pops: John Cale “Buffalo Ballet”

September 28, 2018 Mark Whitfield 1

The track ‘Buffalo Ballet’ taken from John Cale’s 1974 album ‘Fear’ describes the scene in Abilene, Texas, the sparse piano-based sound lulling you into a deceptive ease as it starts off describing the town as “young […]

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Matt Krahula & The Nightmare River Band “Stormville” (Independent, 2018)

September 28, 2018 Graham McCusker 0

‘Stormville’ is the third release from New York City’s Matt Krahula & The Nightmare River Band. The three-piece already have a diverse back catalogue, having covered punk on their debut ‘Call The Cops!’, before going […]

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James Kahn “By The Risin’ Of The Sea”

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Southern Californian Renaissance man James Kahn’s album of sea shanties takes on global existential crises as its theme. Sea shanties have been in vogue off and on over the years, even in the days before […]

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Blue Violet “Late Night Calls”

May 24, 2022 0

Husband and wife duo working in perfect harmony. Blue Violet are spouses Sam and Sarah Gotley. Although ‘Late Night Calls’ is the couple’s debut under this moniker this isn’t their first musical foray together. In […]

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Jamestown Revival “Young Man”

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Acoustic, back to roots production reveals songwriting maturity from Texas duo’s fourth. Eight years on from their debut album, ‘Utah’, and three years since their last full length offering, ‘San Isabel’, Texas duo Jamestown Revival […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 0

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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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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Interview: Music obsessive Ben Vaughn on his world and Rambler automobiles

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Unsure whether he wanted to be a recording artist, songwriter, record producer, or DJ he became them all. Ben Vaughn is just a music obsessive at heart, but an obsessive who has established his own […]

James Kahn “By The Risin’ Of The Sea”

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Southern Californian Renaissance man James Kahn’s album of sea shanties takes on global existential crises as its theme. Sea shanties have been in vogue off and on over the years, even in the days before […]

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Video: Chris Tavener “Right Back Again”

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May 24, 2022 0

Compelling.   At about the fifty-second mark of Chris Tavener’s new video for ‘Right Back Again’ a subtle mystery is presented.  As multiple versions of the singer wander through a desolate small theatre apartment set, clues […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 57

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May 24, 2022 0

No words can suffice.. I received a call on Saturday telling that one of my students who had left the school not 5 years ago had been found dead. It was shocking thing to hear. […]

The Other Side of Me: Jonathan Smith on how the Jesus and Mary Chain changed everything

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It was 1986, at a party at someone’s house, I don’t remember whose. I didn’t really want to be there, it was definitely a peer pressure thing. I’d probably ridden my tiny moped there, cloaked […]

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