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Mapache’s Sam Blasucci unveils motherlode of tracks on new LP and EP

February 19, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
Ojai, CA-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Sam Blasucci has announced his fourth record and first double LP, Physical Dream, is due out April 17th. In addition to the LP, Blasucci will release an EP later this […]
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Jenn Grant “Queen of the Strait”

February 19, 2026 Rick Thorn 0
Deeply moving, reflective pop and country-infused charm. Jenn Grant is a multi-award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter with eight albums to date. Queen of the Strait is, however, by far the most personal. It covers many deeply private subjects, […]
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Paperback Riders: Henry James “Washington Square”

February 19, 2026 Tim Martin 1
Henry James’s Washington Square has been described as “one of the most psychologically acute novels in nineteenth-century American literature.” Published in 1880, during James’s middle period, it lacks the complexity of his later works but has a […]
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AUK’s EP Round-Up – February 2026

February 19, 2026 Graeme Tait 0
A new month, but yet the same old wet and windy weather, so what better way to dispel the February blues than immersing ourselves in the eclectic mix of music on offer for the Monthly EPs […]
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Folk Tracks Roundup – February 2026

February 19, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
What have we got this month that’s good in the world of folk song?  There’s old songs done new ways, and there’s new songs done old ways.  There’s the experimental, and there’s the discovery of what […]

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Something for the weekend: Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel “Flying Things (Feat. The Secret Sisters)”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm as always, but in the meantime we leave you dear reader with a beautiful […]
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Sam Lewis “Everything’s Fine”

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A gentle soul-searching album that will appeal to fans of John Prine and James Taylor. There are several artists, it seems, who go by the name of Sam Lewis. So, just to be clear, this release, […]
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Suzanne Vega returns with more dates around festival appearances

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Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega continues her successful Flying with Angels Tour, bringing the career-spanning set to new stops in Salisbury, Folkestone, Halifax, and Aylesbury, where she will be joined on stage by her longtime guitarist, Gerry Leonard […]

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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]
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Interview: Lady Nade on being involved in a Netflix drama, inspiration, identity and mental health in music

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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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Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

February 26, 2026 0
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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Forgotten Artists – American Flyer/Fuller & Kaz

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It’s Forgotten Artists time again and this time around I’m taking a look at a band and duo that burned brightly and briefly but left a lasting impression with some outstanding music.
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AUK Back Pages No. 10

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We’re at the back end of 2007 this time around. So, alongside the four monthly issued CDs there’s an end of year bonus, a best of 2007. Before delving into them we have our usual dive […]

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