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Mike Stocksdale “Build A Wall” – Listen

October 12, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Los Angeles singer-songwriter Mike Stocksdale has a song that evokes that “Dylan goes Electric” word tripping over word with its folk rock fluidity.  It’s safe to say that Mike Stocksdale is not a fan of Trump.  […]

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Video: Jack Henderson “Where’s the Revolution”

October 12, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the title track from Jack Henderson’s brand new album, ‘Where’s the Revolution’.  Almost 20 years on from his well-received debut album, ‘Cheap Tattoo’, Henderson still has plenty to say and ‘Where’s the Revolution’ is […]

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Something for the weekend: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit “Only Children”

October 9, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week dear reader, and we leave you with something fairly stunning from Jason Isbell and his band who’ve released a rare video for one of the tracks from their most […]

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Jaime Wyatt

October 9, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

In these strange times, gigs are rare and precious.  To spread a little hope and joy, we have been bringing you, dear reader, occasional exclusive mini-gigs to sustain you until live music returns in full.  Some […]

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John Lennon “Only People” – Listen

October 9, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Hey – want to feel old ?  Well, if things had gone better then Dr Winston O’Boogie  would have been eighty today.  That’s worth a “Wow!”   And we know things didn’t go right in this reality, […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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This week’s Classic Clip comes from the very first Farm Aid held back in 1985 and still going strong. It was organised by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young to help poor struggling small farmers […]

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The Greatest Endangered Thing “Phosphenes: Volume 1”

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A promising part one that indicates sometimes starting again is worth the risk. You may think that The Greatest Endangered Thing’s ‘Phosphenes: Volume 1’ is only the band’s second release, but there’s actually a pretty good […]

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The first single from UK man J R Harbidge, from his album First Ray Of Light, out on October 5th, is really rather good, can’t wait to hear the full album.

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