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Mary Scholz “Begin Again”

August 10, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
If this is the beginning again, it’s a very good place to start. Philadelphia native Scholz has a big voice and the production that Jonathan Wilson brings to the album wraps that voice in some stunning […]
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Mason Via “Love Train” – one train leaves town, hope aboard another

August 10, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s true that we don’t feature a great number of people who have appeared on American idol (or, for that matter, the myriad of other musical talent shows around the world) but Mason Via is something […]
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Video: Ondara “A Nocturnal Heresy”

August 10, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
The latest single from Ondara is the gorgeous ‘A Nocturnal Heresy’.  The accompanying performance video is brilliantly directed by Nate Ryan – the camera zooms in and out and pans around Ondara as he fills the […]
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Small Venue Heroes: Jarrod Dickenson

August 9, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1
Stadium superstars have their place, but it’s watching artists like Jarrod Dickenson in small venues where the live experience becomes truly personal and we feel like we’re part of a close community of fans and music […]
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John Calvin Abney “Tourist”

August 9, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
Recorded on the road, Tourist is an engaging, lush and poignant set of songs. Unlike most folk who were locked down at home during the pandemic, Tulsa musician John Calvin Abney, his San Francisco lease having […]

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Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
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Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

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A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

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This song is on Sheryl Crow’s Wildflower album, released in 2005 to lukewarm critical response. It was a low-key collection of songs – no All I Wanna Do or Soak Up the Sun among them – […]

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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 2
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

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Is it folk?  Country?  Bluegrass?  That’s not an unfair question to ask yourself when listening to ‘Passing In The Night’ the latest (and third) album from hard-working Colorado outfit Thunder and Rain.  Featuring main band members […]
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Jason Isbell donates Morgan Wallen royalties to NAACP

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You may have seen the story last week whereby country singer Morgan Waller was recorded using a racial slur which resulted in his career falling off the edge of a cliff – since the video surfaced […]
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It’s so hard to say Au Revoir, so let’s just say Hors d’Oeuvre. Autumn arrived with something of a bang a few weeks back. On October 16th it was 28C and bright sunshine, on October 17th […]

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