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Live Review: Nathan Bell @The Fallen Angels Club, The Rum Shack, Glasgow – 30th May 2024

June 7, 2024 Paul Kerr 1

Glasgow fans were privileged to see Nathan Bell’s only UK appearance this year when he took the opportunity to head there at the end of his latest European tour. He came to Glasgow he said, to […]

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Angus & Julia Stone “Cape Forestier”

June 7, 2024 Helen Jones 0

Simplistic and well made tunes make for something passively enjoyable, if not always terribly memorable. In a world that is increasingly complex, Australian siblings Angus and Julia Stone find one thing reliably simple: Making music.“Life is […]

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Pete Mancini

June 7, 2024 Dean Nardi 2

The lockdown is over and people are once again buying tickets to see live music, although with record-setting inflation in America, the UK and Europe, some venues are not selling as many tickets as in pre-pandemic […]

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Classic Clips: Sarah MacDougall “It’s A Storm (What’s Going On)?” – Live session, 2015

June 7, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1

What struck me the first time I saw Sarah MacDougall playing live was the smile.  She smiles when she’s talking, when she’s tuning, when she’s playing and even when she’s singing.  Like a musical Cheshire Cat […]

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Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of weekend tickets for the 2024 Cambridge Folk Festival!

June 7, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

As those of you who have been around these parts for a while will know, AUK supporters get entered into a draw each month where they can win vinyl, books or tickets to gigs, but we’re […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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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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25th anniversary expanded reissue for “From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music”

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The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in collaboration with Warner Music Nashville is releasing an expanded version of the box set ‘From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music’. Originally released in […]

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John Mellencamp: I left label because of racist President

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No not that racist president. Stereogum report today: “John Mellencamp paid a visit to Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show earlier this morning, and he shared for the first-time his account of why he left Columbia all […]

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Track Premiere: Birds Flying Backwards “My Friends”

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Today’s Track Premiere is from Bird Flying Backwards, a London based folk-rock ensemble who are building a name for themselves through touring with The Hanging Stars and appearing at storied London venues like MOTH Club and […]

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