February 2026 – Page 13

Video Premiere: Sam Lewis “Chase The Moon”

February 19, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

Singer-songwriter Sam Lewis’s single ‘Chase The Moon’ begins with warm, ethereal tones, before it settles into sparsely arranged, intimate folk. Lewis’s voice drifts delicately over his acoustic notes while added texture is provided by Joe McMahan […]

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

February 18, 2026 Dean Nardi 1

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

Joshua Josué “Broadcast to the Surf Ballroom”

February 18, 2026 A.Francis Tritico 0

Chicano rocker Joshua Josué celebrates a milestone gig on the night Rock ‘n’ Roll history forever changed. The Winter Dance Party tour made its final, fateful stop at Clear Lake, Iowa’s Surf Ballroom on February 2, […]

Jerry Leger returns to the UK for April & May dates

February 18, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Troubadour and AUK favourite Jerry Leger returns to the UK this April with a series of dates at some lovely locations. Promoting his latest album Wings of Desire, these shows promise to be the heady mixture […]

7 Hills heads to the Old Town Great Hall, Trowbridge this March for one day festival

February 18, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

The 7 Hills Spring Festival will take place as the inaugural event for the Trowbridge Old Town Hall’s Great Hall on the 21st March, following an extensive and transformative refurbishment. The historic Old Town Hall will […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Far From Saints - Far From Saints (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 3 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ryan Adams - The Suicide Handbook (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 4 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: There's no future in nostalgia
Stonehenge was a fucking mess every time but it was a b...
By Keith Hargreaves , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Great shout John I’m new here -Gil Scott Heron wh...
By Keith Hargreaves , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Neil Young - Citizen Kane Jr
By John , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Clarence White would have been 82 today. A little remin...
By Martin Johnson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen - The Call Us The ...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Highwomen - Live at The Gorge 2023 (streaming - Qob...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]

Anniversary Cheers: Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament “The Violence”

June 18, 2026 0

English folk chronicler re-releases his finest achievement, remastered and with extra tracks and a bonus EP re-release. Darren Hayman is an Essex boy, born in Brentwood in 1970. Although he was influenced by the emergence of […]

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – June 2026

June 18, 2026 0

Goodness me! June already. Where has the time gone? One minute it was winter, leaden skies delivering rain almost daily, and then suddenly it was summer, leaden skies delivering more rain daily. Ah, well, at least […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0

In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

Interviews

Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

June 11, 2026 2

Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

Live Reviews

The War And Treaty, Under The Bridge, London, 11th July 2019

July 19, 2019 0

Hidden under the East Stand of Stamford Bridge stadium, the home of Chelsea Football Club, is Under the Bridge, a music venue that rivals the very best that London has to offer. The stadium of course […]

Album Reviews

Jack Garton “Original Skin”

September 2, 2024 0

Excellent third album from multi-talented Canadian singer-songwriter. Jack Garton has been entertaining audiences in British Columbia for several years, as well as touring and collaborating with a number of Western Canadian roots bands. ‘Original Skin’ is […]

Album Reviews

Gov’t Mule “The Tel-Star Sessions” (Provogue/Mascot, 2016)

October 10, 2016 0

The Tel-Star Sessions consists of the previously unreleased earliest recordings by the original line-up of Gov’t Mule. Gov’t Mule was formed, in 1994, as a side project by Warren Haynes and Allen Woody who at the […]

Month: February 2026

Video Premiere: Sam Lewis “Chase The Moon”

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

Joshua Josué “Broadcast to the Surf Ballroom”

Jerry Leger returns to the UK for April & May dates

7 Hills heads to the Old Town Great Hall, Trowbridge this March for one day festival

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

Anniversary Cheers: Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament “The Violence”

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – June 2026

EELS set to release their 16th album “Cookie Happened” in October… on the 16th

Pillarstone “Mono Lit”