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India Ramey “Villain Era”

May 6, 2026 Pete Hill 0
The Wednesday Adams of country music serves up a treat. Fifty-one years after Loretta Lynn shocked Nashville by releasing The Pill, her spirit is alive and well in the form of India Ramey. Her fifth studio […]
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Shakey Graves “Fondness, Etc.”

May 6, 2026 Jeremy Clarke-Williams 0
Shakey Graves ploughs his own furrow in atmospheric and enigmatic fashion with songs and a sound which draw you in. He may have a name which sounds as if he should be a cemetery worker in […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Fred Neil

May 6, 2026 Hugo Simoes 2
Sometimes, an artist is underrated because they just got here. There simply wasn’t any time. But sometimes the dust has settled, and yet where are the fireworks, the winging cherubs crying “Mercy!”? Nowhere to be found. […]
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Crys Matthews “Citizen” – status is mutable

May 6, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Nashville resident Crys Matthew is a troubadour of truth – and is one of the most strident voices for social justice in a time when some of her fellow citizens are not so bothered with a […]
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Video: Lady Nade “Bloom” – if we put our minds together, we can shine

May 6, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
Whether lilting high or resonating low, Lady Nade’s vocal performance in Bloom is simply gorgeous. Her voice is pure and full of rich warmth while she delivers words that are equally beautiful and uplifting: “If we […]

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Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Oh, The Joy of Life!”

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Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026

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Jim Keller releases first ever European vinyl retrospective called “Vinylly!”

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Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Oh, The Joy of Life!”

May 29, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this sweltering week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Drew Danburry’s Icarus Phoenix outfit which he describes as “an upbeat fiendishly danceable song about […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026

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When Kiefer Sutherland strode onto the stage at Norwich’s Adrian Flux Waterfront, the response from the packed crowd was immediate and thunderous. There was no slow build into the evening: Sutherland and his outstanding band launched […]
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Jim Keller releases first ever European vinyl retrospective called “Vinylly!”

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You see what he did there? Multi-talented singer, songwriter, and musician Jim Keller is to release Vinylly!, a collection of 14 of his finest songs from the last 15 years, and his first-ever European vinyl release. […]

  • Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Oh, The Joy of Life!”
  • Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026
  • Jim Keller releases first ever European vinyl retrospective called “Vinylly!”
  • Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car
  • Paperback Riders: Johnny Rogan “The Byrds Timeless Flight” and “Timeless Flight Revisited”
  • Classic Clips: Richmond Fontaine and Amy Boone “Post to Wire” – Live in-store at Rough Trade East, London – 14th September 2011
  • Great Lake Swimmers “Caught Light”
  • Live Review: Sweet Sounds of the South, Riverside Studios, London – 16th May 2026
  • Lewis Pugh “Heretics & Heritage”
  • The latest AUK podcast is now available featuring Ella Spencer on Maverick and Jim Keller on Vinylly
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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

May 29, 2026 0
To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

May 27, 2026 0
If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]
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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

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Lakeman’s latest rousing, compelling reminder that sometimes folk-rock – it just rocks. At 13 solo albums and counting and with a career stretching back to the early 1990s, certain things can be taken for granted about […]
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Video: Passenger “He Leaves You Cold”

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Another great song from Passenger, taken from his excellent new album Runaway.  Always good to see some Americana in the mainstream music world.
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Joe Innes & The Cavalcade: “Moscow” – Listen

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The new single from Joe Innes and the Cavalcade comes from their upcoming album ‘Foreign Domestic Policy’, and has been described as “post-Brexit indie.” It is a document of Joe’s life as it currently is, on both […]

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