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Month: December 2020

Features

Third place in ‘The Twang Factor’ S1 goes to West on Colfax

December 21, 2020 Clint West 0
The votes are in and counted. After an incredibly close contest our winners have now been chosen by the AUK readers. We’d like to thank all of our featured acts for sharing their music with us, […]
Album Reviews

Terra Lightfoot “Consider the Speed” (Sonic Unyon Records, 2020)

December 21, 2020 Emily Dongray 0
Canuck Terra Lightfoot has been no stranger to our shores since her debut in 2011. From festivals to private concerts Terra Lightfoot has been making a name for herself across the world.  A rock troubadour who […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: William Lawrence “Tongue Tied”

December 21, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1
William Lawrence’s album ‘Fool for You‘ is out on Christmas Eve, and we’re really glead to be premiering a track from it today.  It’s one of the songs on the album ‘Tongue Tied‘ which most closely […]
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Video Premiere: Gabriel Douglas “Hearts Want”

December 21, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
The visual for ‘Hearts Want’ is all about travelling through a variety of different landscapes and it complements the song’s emotional journey well.  Gabriel Douglas’s slow, sonorous vocal over a steady guitar strum is simple yet […]
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Something for the weekend: Beachwood Sparks “Morning Light”

December 18, 2020 Mark Whitfield 3
Well that’s it for us this week dear reader. A big week for us next week as we announce our writers’ albums of 2020 on Monday, we will countdown to our Twang Factor Season One winner […]

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Album Reviews

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”

May 11, 2026 0
Technically excellent but emotionally bereft album from Gulf Coast female trio. Catching up on If You Only Knew, released by all-female trio The Krickets in October 2025, is like being battered with the world’s softest pillow. […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 230 “Travel – a necessary luxury”

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I’m back from 3 weeks of glorious touring around the Iberian Peninsula in the van. A total of 2,400 miles as we circled the entire country with a brief excursion into Portugal, and every single mile […]
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Kris Drever “Doing This For Love” – anything, anything

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Kris Drever – known for both his solo work and as part of Lau – returns with his first solo record in six years, and this is the title track from it.  It’s a song about […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Video Premiere: The Furious Seasons “As a Matter of Fact”

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We begin the week with an excellent video premiere from The Furious Seasons.  The video, directed by Alexander Thomas, captures the essence of the song, combining it with images of Los Angeles and highlighting the contrasts […]
Album Reviews

India Ramey “Shallow Graves” (Independent, 2020)

August 12, 2020 0
The moment the title song opens ‘Shallow Graves,’ second album by singer/songwriter India Ramey, you get a feeling that you need to utter a cheer – “Go West, girl!” And she definitely does, as an Ennio […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Thomas & The Angry Hearts, Martin’s Bar, Lillestrøm, Norway – 5th December 2025

December 19, 2025 0
Travelling from the UK to Norway for a single gig might appear to border on the eccentric, but some nights justify a journey. As it turned out, a cold (for the English), mild (for the Norwegians) […]

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