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Luke O’Hanlon “The River Only Flows One Way”

June 9, 2025 Andy Davidson 0
An evocative, lyrical spate. Liverpudlian songwriter Luke O’Hanlon describes his third solo album as an “emotionally honest folk record, created over two years, a personal mediation on grief, identity and change”. He has spent the two […]
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Live Review: The Black Feathers, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 30th May 2025

June 9, 2025 Graeme Tait 2
For many years, three large banners have hung across the back of the stage at Lincolnshire’s premier Americana music venue, each proudly proclaiming the following: “The Town Hall Live. Bringing the best folk, roots, and americana […]
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Malin Pettersen “Number And A Street” – bring on the band

June 9, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
The latest single from Malin Pettersen’s new album ‘Wildflower’ is a new recording of a song that Pettersen first released on her 2024 EP ‘Seasons.’ Back then it was a solo take with just guitar accompaniment, […]
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Video: Steady Habits “Stay”

June 9, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the latest single from alt-country band Steady Habits. With a forceful beat, bright guitar and a touch of harmonica, ‘Stay’ is an immediate, catchy song that will have you humming along. New England’s Sean Duggan’s […]
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Something for the weekend: Trevor Sensor “Chiron, Galactus”

June 6, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1
Well that’s it from us for another week – if you’re an AUK supporter, your playlist will be with you at 5pm! We leave you dear reader with a song from Midwest singer-songwriter Trevor Sensor which […]

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Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

May 26, 2026 0
A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

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This song is on Sheryl Crow’s Wildflower album, released in 2005 to lukewarm critical response. It was a low-key collection of songs – no All I Wanna Do or Soak Up the Sun among them – […]
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Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”

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An addition to our Anniversary Cheers occasional Feature: this is The Handsome Family with a re-release, with additional outtakes and live recordings, of the excellent Singing Bones. The Handsome Family are Brett and Rennie Sparks, a […]

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

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Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

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At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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