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Rumer to release album of B sides and rarities next month

March 14, 2022 Emily Dongray 1

Rumer has announced her latest album ‘B Sides, and Rarities Vol. 2‘ will be released on April 22nd on Cooking Vinyl. This is the long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s ‘B Sides and Rarities Vol. 1‘. As well […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Malvina Reynolds “Little Boxes”

March 14, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

The link to last week’s feature is that of property and housing and, whereas we were contemplating an apparently desirable ocean-front property, this week we are looking at the other end of the market – little […]

Artwork for Janis Ian 'Light At The End'

Janis Ian “The Light At The End of the Line”

March 14, 2022 Jonathan Smith 0

Wonderfully rich swan song from legendary songwriter. Janis Ian is a name who will need no introduction here, an artist who forced her way into the male-dominated music business in the late ’60’s/early 70’s, alongside the […]

Erika Lewis “Loser” – the…err…winner takes it all

March 14, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Erika Lewis has a wonderful new album ‘A Walk Around the Sun’ out on April 29th, from which ‘Loser‘ is taken. It’s a classic song of betrayed love: “You said I was your lover, you said […]

Video Premiere: Luke Winslow-King “Watch Me Change”

March 14, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Start your week with the premiere for Luke Winslow-King’s latest single ‘Watch Me Change’. This is the sort of song that makes you want to move, to tap your feet, to nod your head, to dance; […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0

Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]

Year: 2022

Rumer to release album of B sides and rarities next month

AUK’s Chain Gang: Malvina Reynolds “Little Boxes”

Janis Ian “The Light At The End of the Line”

Erika Lewis “Loser” – the…err…winner takes it all

Video Premiere: Luke Winslow-King “Watch Me Change”

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”

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