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ER Jurken “To Be Continued”

January 26, 2026 NickBarber 0
Lavish harmonies and arrangements abound in an album of intelligent baroque power-pop. Milwaukee-born, Chicago-lived musician E.R. Jurken is a name that probably isn’t on the radar of many on the European side of the Atlantic – […]
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Keeping music alive everywhere – MVT Annual Report launched

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The opulent Raphael Court at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum was the setting for the Music Venue Trust (MVT)’s launch of its 2025 Annual Report on the state of the grassroots music venues in the UK. […]
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Live Review: John R. Miller + Jacob Coley, The Lodge @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester – 20th January 2026

January 26, 2026 NickBarber 0
The Lodge at the Deaf Institute is the smaller of two rooms at Manchester’s long-established venue. In the not-too-recent past, it was a café and a bar – the likes of Jonathan Richman and Hayes Carll […]
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Mt. Gribley “Moss On The Stone”

January 26, 2026 Andy Short 0
Heartfelt folk from the middle of Connecticut. Mt. Gribley is the musical moniker for folk singer-songwriter Matt Jarrett. His latest album is a deeply personal set of songs which he describes as “a break-up album, minus […]
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T. Gold “Wagoner’s Lad” – you can’t trust ’em

January 26, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s taken six years for T.Gold (Saman Khoujinian and Gabriel Anderson) to produce their second album, which was released last Friday and is called “Life is a Wonder and It’s Cruel“. The album was inspired by […]

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Life, love and relationships are all wrapped up in one wonderful collection. Kye Alfred Hillig is based in Tacoma, Washington. A singer-songwriter, he has produced an exceptional, heartfelt album. His first recording since the release of […]
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Classy trio come together to pay homage to traditional American roots, blues and country. Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis and William Lee Ellis are all well-established roots, blues and folk artists in their own right who first […]
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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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Runner-up in our readers’ poll for Best UK Artist in 2025, Lady Nade has steadily built a reputation as one of the most distinctive and emotionally resonant voices in UK roots music. Blending jazz, Americana, folk, […]
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I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]
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Interview: Hal Cannon on cowboy poetry, songs and folklore

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