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Alabama 3 announce new album “Cold War Classics Vol.2”, UK dates

June 19, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
Alabama 3, the legendary band from Brixton, South London are back with a brand-new track from their forthcoming 14th studio album ‘Cold War Classics Vol.2′ which is the follow-up to their 2021 album ‘Step 13’. ‘Thank […]
Videos

Video: The Attention Seekers “Blue, Red and Green”

June 19, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
‘Blue Red and Green’ is the new single from North East band The Attention Seekers who we covered last year here on AUK in rather glowing terms, produced by Alan Fish, engineered by Tony Davis, and […]
Album Reviews

Album/Book Review: Aaron Smith & The Coal Biters “The Legend of Sam Davis And Other Stories of Newton County Arkansas”

June 19, 2023 Tim Martin 1
A remarkable historical and artistic achievement. The book and album combine to give insights into a vital set of stories while keeping sight of the need to entertain as well as inform. The Legend of Sam […]
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Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets “Half Past Never”

June 19, 2023 GrahamBollands 0
Immediately catchy melodies and soaring choruses reflect influences such as Tom Petty and The Replacements. Kevin Bowe is quite possibly a new name to many, but you may well have come across him before without knowing, […]
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Mipso “Carolina Rolling By” – driving, driving, driving

June 19, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Carolina Rolling By‘ is the latest single from Mipso’s sixth album ‘Book of Fools.’  It’s a slow meditative on driving – not the joyous hitting the pedal and going bolt for freedom, this is more the […]

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Hurray for the Riff Raff - Alynda Segarra 3rd May 2014

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Hurray for the Riff Raff - Alynda Segarra 3rd May 2014
Essentials

Essentials: The Top 10 Hurray For The Riff Raff Songs

April 23, 2026 0
In a nod to Woody Guthrie, a 2014 American Songwriter magazine cover featured Hurray For The Riff Raff with the strapline, “Bound for Glory”. I’m not sure how the author of that article defined glory, yet […]
Album Reviews

José González “Against The Dying Of The Light”

April 23, 2026 0
first thoughts José González is a Swedish indie-folk singer – with, naturally, the usual background in hardcore punk influenced by Black Flag and choral singing – Against The Dying Of The Light is his fifth album, […]
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Bedouine’s new album “Neon Summer Skin” out in June

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Bedouine, the project of LA-based musician Azniv Korkejian, releases her new album, Neon Summer Skin, on 5th June 2026 via Thirty Tigers. Across Neon Summer Skin, Korkejian intentionally returned to the instruments she played as a […]

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0
At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Gill Landry “Skeleton at the Banquet” (Loose, 2020)

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Context in music is everything. The black gem of ‘Love Rides a Dark Horse’ has been followed by a slightly brighter point on a brooding personal journey. Relatively speaking this album demonstrates another step in Landry’s […]
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Re-release Review: Martin Carthy “Martin Carthy”

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Vinyl reissue of classic, traditional English folk album from one of the genre’s most influential musicians. This is a vinyl reissue of Martin Carthy’s debut eponymous album. The reissue is one of British folk music label […]
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Steve Ashley “Into The Sun” – Listen

December 10, 2020 1
Whilst no-one is likely to make a claim that 2020 has been a great year, Steve Ashley did get at least one pleasant boost.   The Australian singer-songwriter saw his latest album ‘In the Sun‘ take the […]

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