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Eric Bibb “If You’re Free” – freedom is never free

December 8, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
The latest single from Eric Bibb is the third taster from his new album “One Mississippi“, and finds the three time-Grammy nominated singer questioning what it is to be free.  From the basics of being free […]
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Video Premiere: Breanne Marie & The Front Porch Sinners “Shelf”

December 8, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the video premiere for ‘Shelf‘, the latest single from Duluth singer-songwriter Breanne Marie Tepler and her band The Front Porch Sinners. The band create a full sound with absorbing layers and depth. Over Tarek Makky’s […]
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Something for the weekend: Joy Oladokun feat. Sheryl Crow “I’d Miss the Birds”

December 5, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you’re an AUK supporter, your monthly newsletter will be with you at 5pm with our exclusive end of year best of 2025 playlist which we […]
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Jingle Bells Friday – I want to see the bright Xmas lights tonight

December 5, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
And now the sweating starts, the raised heartbeat rate, the stark all all-encompassing, totally overwhelming fear…yes, there are less than three weeks to go to the Big Day.  How does this happen every single year?  Or, […]
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Sam Shackleton “Scottish Cowboy Ballads and Early American Folk Songs”

December 5, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
An excellent reclamation of far-scattered folk songs. On his second album, Edinburgh’s Sam Shackleton continues to display his love of and mastery of American folk music while infusing it with an unmistakable Scottish presence. His debut […]

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Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop outfit who have announced details of their new album Punching The Clown which […]
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Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”

May 8, 2026 0
The first great, breezy, summer “pop” record is here, from a self-described “Americanish” band with an old-country soul. Much like their previous efforts, High Horse, by Cowtown’s Cut Throat Finches, defies easy categorisation. Is it a […]
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Zoh Amba to tour Europe and UK in autumn 2026

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Zoh Amba, who previously announced their Matador debut album, Eyes Full, which is out on 5th June 2026, has shared details of a run of UK and European tour dates. The European leg kicks off on […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Something for the Weekend: Hiss Golden Messenger “I Need a Teacher”

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Well, that’s it for us this week, dear reader.  There’s been a lot of talk about education over the last few days.  So many questions.  Will schools reopen before Easter?  Should teachers, along with other frontline […]
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Courtney Marie Andrews announces tour with release of new single

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Courtney Marie Andrews has announced two short tours which start with a run of in-store appearances in Leeds in October, followed by a series of dates in March. The Grammy-nominated and critically-acclaimed songwriter has shared a […]
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Appalachian Smoke “Growing Lonely” – No good emotions this year

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Well, we’re starting the week with a bluegrass heartbreak story from Appalachian Smoke, who are finding moving on from the woman who doesn’t want them rather tricky: “She’s pretty as a picture, sweet as Momma’s tea […]

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