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Old Sea Brigade & Luke Sital-Singh “All The Ways You Sing In The Dark” (Nettwerk Records, 2020)

September 25, 2020 Paul Campbell 0
‘All the Ways You Sing In The Dark’ lasts thirteen minutes and leaves you longing for more.  The four songs on the EP come from a collaboration between Sital-Singh and Ben Cramer last summer and retain […]
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Video: Suzanne Vega “Walk on the Wild Side”

September 25, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
There’s a beautiful, understated vocal performance on the latest video release from Suzanne Vega.  Here, she covers the late Lou Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’, which is taken from her brand new album, ‘An Evening […]
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Kurt Vile with John Prine “How Lucky” – Listen

September 25, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
Kurt Vile has a new EP out called ‘Speed, Sound, Lonely KV’ which will be released next week on October 2nd. The EP contains the track ‘How Lucky’, a duet with John Prine, covering his classic […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: George Strait “The Weight Of The Badge”

September 25, 2020 Paul Villers 0
This week at Americana-UK Towers we have been mostly practising at being Shroedinger’s Worker – a concept where we are simultaneously both working from home and working from the office. It seemed the only sensible thing […]
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Ryan Law and The Shelter “Just a Stranger” (Independent, 2020)

September 25, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0
If there is something particularly engaging about AUK and its remit then it is the opportunity to promote new and aspiring artists, who may run the gamut in terms of quality and originality but always impress […]

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