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Interview: Cricket and Waylor Gordon Payne on J J Cale, Tulsa, and a life well spent

September 2, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Side man to musical legends, a successful songwriter with a classic album to re-release. Gordon Payne’s time as a musician was spent largely as a sideman. He recorded one solo album, 1978’s ‘Gordon Payne’ which was […]

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From the AUK Archives: Interview with Yola, September 2017

September 2, 2022 Clint West 0

In our latest delve into the AUK archives we feature this fascinating Rudie Hayes interview with Yola from 2017. Still going by her full name of Yola Carter at that time, she talks enthusiastically about what […]

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Classic Clips: The Rolling Stones, “Dead Flowers” – Texas, 1972

September 2, 2022 Sean Hannam 0

Every so often, a pub conversation with like-minded music obsessives inevitably turns to: ‘If you could go back in time and see any band or artist in concert, who would it be?’ For me, aged 48, […]

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Hollie Rogers “Criminal Heart”

September 2, 2022 Andrew Raw 0

A strong album from a talented artist with mainstream appeal. Hollie Rogers is a singer-songwriter, originally from Cornwall. She has opened for acts like KT Tunstall, Suzanne Vega, Midge Ure, Paolo Nutini and Ralph McTell and […]

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Live Review: Andrew Combs, The Railway Inn, Winchester – 25th August 2022

September 2, 2022 Martin Fisher 0

Tonight’s Winchester Railway show marked not only the start of a small UK jaunt, but the first post lockdown shows for Andrew Combs and along with that, the very first live airings anywhere of his just […]

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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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An evening that’s sure to be of huge interest to London-based lovers of music documentaries and Americana music is a live recreation of the cult film, Heartworn Highways. Set in the unique and intimate surrounds of Wilton’s, […]

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Video: Angela Perley “All I Want for Christmas is Your Kiss”

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With the best roller-skating you will have seen in a video this year, Angela Perley brings you the video to her new festive single.  ‘All I Want for Christmas is Your Kiss’ is an upbeat, unself-conscious […]

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