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Jason Molina tribute album featuring MJ Lenderman out in September

July 16, 2025 0

Run For Cover Records has announced “I Will Swim to You: A Tribute to Jason Molina”, due out September 5th. The release celebrates one of the most enduring and impactful songwriters of the past thirty years, […]

Live Review: Warren Haynes, The Assembly Halls, Islington – 1st July 2025

July 16, 2025 0

When you think of serious guitar heroes, you might think, according to your taste in music, of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Eddie Van Halen, Neil Young, or perhaps Carlos Santana. In the field of […]

After the wreckage: Amanda Shires comes back with “Nobody’s Girl”

July 16, 2025 0

Amanda Shires will release her new album “Nobody’s Girl” on 26th September 2025 via ATO Records. The award-winning singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist makes a welcome and overdue return following up her widely acclaimed 2022 album “Take It Like A Man”. Produced […]

Hudson Palace “Holding Hands With Strangers” – let’s stay this way

July 16, 2025 0

Hudson Palace is instrumentalist/music scribe Tony Fletcher (you may have come across his books on The Smiths, REM, The Clash) and vocalist/teacher Paula Lucas, based in the Hudson Valley of New York. They have been making […]

Video: The Sons of Guns “You Shine the Sun”

July 16, 2025 0

Soundtrack your sunny summer days with the melody and grooving rhythms of The Sons of Guns. The band’s latest song is the glorious ‘You Shine the Sun’, a song that starts gently, with just delicate acoustic […]

Features
More People Really Should Know About: Noelie McDonnell
It’s always a thrill when you get in on an artist right at the start of their career, and are able to follow their progress over years. One such (for your writer) is Ireland’s Noelie [...]
Interviews
Interview: Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricius on picking paper flowers
Writing songs with Tom Paxton was like going fishing with a friend. Paper flowers generally symbolise enduring love, remembrance, and creativity. Unlike fresh flowers, they don’t fade or die, memorialising a love that lasts or [...]
AUK Mini-Gigs
Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Reid Parsons
Reid Parsons is a Vermont native, having grown up in little Moretown, about an hour from the capital city of Burlington, where she currently resides. “I am so lucky to live here and to have [...]
Classic Clips
Classic Clips: David Ford “I Don’t Care What You Call Me” – The Convent Club Chapel, 2015
It’s something special when a debut album makes a real impact – we don’t know what to expect – a fresh experience. So when a new name manages to really nail it with their first [...]
Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 Hanging Stars songs
The London-based Hanging Stars were formed from the ashes of jangle-rock band The See See. The Hanging Star’s frontman and lead singer, Richard Olson, found himself the only original member of The See Sees left [...]

Frazey Ford to release expanded “Indian Ocean” as well as a special vinyl reissue

July 15, 2025 0

Originally released in October 2014, Frazey Ford’s acclaimed album “Indian Ocean” is set to return this year with a special vinyl reissue, out September 19th. The digital edition also includes three previously unreleased covers, including her […]

More People Really Should Know About: Noelie McDonnell

July 15, 2025 0

It’s always a thrill when you get in on an artist right at the start of their career, and are able to follow their progress over years. One such (for your writer) is Ireland’s Noelie McDonnell, […]

Live Review: Kassi Valazza, St. Pancras Old Church, London – 26th June 2025

July 15, 2025 0

Something of a change of venue from the supernatural references of The Slaughtered Lamb to the legendary St Pancras Old Church with its rock and roll connections going back over half a century to that famed […]

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Interview: Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricius on picking paper flowers

July 15, 2025 0

Writing songs with Tom Paxton was like going fishing with a friend. Paper flowers generally symbolise enduring love, remembrance, and creativity. Unlike fresh flowers, they don’t fade or die, memorialising a love that lasts or a […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Reid Parsons

July 15, 2025 0

Reid Parsons is a Vermont native, having grown up in little Moretown, about an hour from the capital city of Burlington, where she currently resides. “I am so lucky to live here and to have been […]

Hudson Palace “Holding Hands With Strangers” – let’s stay this way
July 16, 2025 0
Hudson Palace is instrumentalist/music scribe Tony Fletcher (you may have come across his books on The Smiths, REM, The Clash) and vocalist/teacher Paula Lucas, based in the Hudson Valley of New York. They have been [...]
Video: The Sons of Guns “You Shine the Sun”
July 16, 2025 0
Soundtrack your sunny summer days with the melody and grooving rhythms of The Sons of Guns. The band’s latest song is the glorious ‘You Shine the Sun’, a song that starts gently, with just delicate [...]
Track Premiere: Kyle Morgan and Tamar Korn “Anthem”
July 15, 2025 0
Today’s track premiere comes from Kyle Morgan and Tamar Korn. Tamar Korn was born in southern California but for the past quarter-century has been a regular on the New York City music scene, and a [...]
Video Premiere: Robin Young “Free”
July 15, 2025 0
In Robin Young’s latest single, she sings about being free from all-encompassing, obsessive, possessive love. ‘Free’ is full of a sense of quiet resilience and determination. Over a gentle acoustic strum, Young’s vocal performance and [...]
The Fisherman Three “Electricity” – the alternative is only what?
July 14, 2025 1
The Fishermen Three is a band led by singer-songwriter Simon Beins alongside his longtime collaborator Raphi Gottesman. They’ve released two previous album but took something of a break when Gottesman moved to Oakland and became [...]

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