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Classic Clips: Kathleen Edwards – Live at Massey Hall, 4th May 2018

October 11, 2024 Helen Jones 3
First off, I’ll have to admit I’m cheating here since this is less of a clip and more of a five song set, but I was so inspired by seeing Kathleen Edwards herself just a couple […]
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Video: Mean Mary “Tarzan”

October 11, 2024 Dean Nardi 0
What I want to see in a music video is one that makes me smile or laugh. Now, don’t get me wrong. Live performance videos are entertaining. Narrative videos can be clever but also head-scratching if […]
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AUK Shortcuts: Elana Brody, Hadnot Creek, March To August, Jeffery Straker, Suthering and Grapes Of Grain

October 11, 2024 Paul Kerr 0
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: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, NC – 8th September 2024

October 11, 2024 Dean Nardi 0
Criss-crossing America on their colossal “Down the Rabbit Hole” tour, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway chugged into Wilmington, North Carolina as if on a whistle stop political campaign for a show at Greenfield Lake and lit […]
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Neale Eckstein “Never Too Late”

October 11, 2024 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0
With his debut album at a mature age, Neale Eckstein proves its title – it’s never too late if you have something good to say. How many grey-haired singer-songwriters, that are offering their first full release […]

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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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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