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The future of live music is in our hands

January 31, 2024 Tim Martin 0
The BBC ran an item on their website last week: “Grassroots live music venues suffer ‘most challenging year’, report says.” The BBC loves a negative news story, and there’s no getting away from the fact that venues […]
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Video: Swimming Bell “For Al and Lee”

January 31, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Swimming Bell’s new single ‘For Al and Lee’ is accompanied by a muted, black and white video that uses line-drawn animation and stop motion to bring the song to life.  This is the first single from […]
Album Reviews

The Roseline “Keystone of the Heart”

January 31, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
The Roseline return with a bagful of melodies and a righteous ire. Hailing from Lawrence, Kansas ‘Keystone of the Heart’ is The Roseline’s 8th album and as you’d expect from a band this far into their […]
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AUK Shortcuts January 2024: Doug Schmude, Cary Morin, Lars Nagel, Sturt Avenue, Dusty Wright, Puppets For Poets, Grey DeLisle, Thanks Light, Light Coloured Coat, The Lovely Basement, Rain Town Seers, Daniel Young, John Louis and Blair Borax

January 31, 2024 Paul Kerr 2
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites […]
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Live Review: Ashley McBryde, Albert Hall, Manchester, 23rd January 2024

January 31, 2024 Guy Lincoln 1
Ashley McBryde is currently touring the UK for the fifth (or is it the sixth?) time, playing a run of nine, mostly sold out, mid-size theatre dates. Not bad for someone who cut their teeth playing […]

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Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

March 24, 2026 0
An impressive blues-influenced mixture of laid-back and edgier numbers. Coast of Light is Luke Winslow-King’s ninth album after having debuted with Luke Winslow-King in 2008. It is a bit of an outlier from many of the […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

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The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]
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The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

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Folk-tinged harmonies and sophisticated indie-pop for turbulent times. Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson are originally from Knoxville, Tennessee – together they make up The Montvales. During their middle school years, the duo started out by busking […]

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  • Andy Thomas “Highway Junkie”
  • Tony Trischka And Billy Strings “Gentle On My Mind” – the ever calming balm of banjo
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]
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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2
At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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Video: Charley Crockett “Hard Luck & Circumstances”

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Charley Crockett is one of the most distinctive voices in country music today, translating a traditional sound into something new and fresh.  ‘Hard Luck & Circumstances’ finds Crockett in fine form, superbly textured instrumentation boosting his […]
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If you’re a fan of the mawkish show then why not soundtrack your own life with its original music? Pitchfork reports:”The music from the first season of “This Is Us”—NBC’s tear-jerking, time-jumping drama series about a […]

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