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Year: 2018

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Ginger Wildheart to roam the UK over summer

April 10, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
‘Ghost In The Tanglewood’ is the new album by our favourite Ginge at the moment, Wildheart, which we absolutely love here in AUK Towers. It’s a seamless mix of country, folk, roots and rock. As he […]
Album Reviews

Rob Cheatham “Villains and Ghosts” (Delicious Records, 2018)

April 10, 2018 Denis Parkinson 0
The latest album from Rob Cheatham, ‘Villains and Ghosts’ is an assured, alternative country offering, with strong songs and a sense of melancholy that runs through the work like a rich vein. Self-described as a singer-songwriter […]
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Josh Rouse “Love In The Modern Age” – Listen

April 10, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
The title track of the new album from Josh Rouse sees him heading off in a somewhat different direction to hitherto.  Somewhat gone are the mumbled vocals and in comes hints of The Blue Nile, The Style […]
News

Aye Up! Steve Earle headlines this year’s Underneath the Stars

April 10, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
South Yorkshire’s stellar music & arts festival Underneath The Stars is returning this summer with a line-up of established and emerging talent across the folk, jazz, roots, bluegrass, fusion and Americana music worlds, as well as […]
Album Reviews

The Magic City Trio “Amerikana Arkana” (Independent 2018)

April 10, 2018 Michael Farley 0
This is a somewhat quirky but truly original offering from London based group The Magic City Trio who, according to their website take their inspiration from pre-war country music, The Carter Family, through to modern hillbilly […]

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Video: Brian Fallon – “Ring of Fire/Folsom Prison Blues” (Johnny Cash)

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Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

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Tift Merritt “Sugar”

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Lynyrd Skynyrd on OGWT 1975

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

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Video: Brian Fallon – “Ring of Fire/Folsom Prison Blues” (Johnny Cash)

June 29, 2026 0
Here’s a performance to bridge generations. Brian Fallon from The Gaslight Anthem paid tribute to the legendary Johnny Cash with his contribution to Music America: The Songs That Shaped Us, Celebrating 250 Years of American Music. This […]
Videos

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2
Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]
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Album Reviews

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0
Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

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  • Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”
  • Tift Merritt “Sugar”
  • Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975
  • Hawk And Steel “Ain’t Never Moving On”
  • Latest AUK Podcast is a bumper edition featuring Other Brother Darryl & Danni Nicholls
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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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Sons of Bill “Oh God Ma’am” (Loose Records, 2018)

June 20, 2018 0
It’s been almost 4 years since we had an album release from Sons of Bill and it’s fair to say that the Wilson brothers, Sam, Abe and James haven’t let the grass grow under their feet. […]
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Video Premiere: Emily Mae Winters “Come Live In My Heart And Pay No Rent”

June 18, 2019 0
This is the lovely new single from Emily Mae Winters, released last Friday and from her great new album ‘High Romance’, released on July 19th.  It’s a really nice video too.

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