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About Andrew Frolish
Insomnia and music go together. Love discovering new music to get lost in - country, singer-songwriters, Americana, folk, rock, punk.... Currently enjoying Courtney Marie Andrews, Elles Bailey, Nils Lofgren, Ferris & Sylvester, Chris Murphy, Jarrod Dickenson, Jerry Joseph, Frank Turner, David Ford, Patterson Hood, Glitterfox, Chuck Prophet, The Lottery Winners, Our Man in the Field...
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Video Premiere: Charles Ellsworth “Trouble”

December 15, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
The warm sound of Charles Ellsworth’s latest single brings to mind the hazy days of summer, a feeling enhanced by the gorgeous flowers visible throughout the video, worn on hats and in hair and surrounding Ellsworth’s […]
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Video Premiere: Jon Arthur Schmidt “Blue Tarps”

December 14, 2021 Andrew Frolish 1
The reason why Jon Arthur Schmidt’s new single is named ‘Blue Tarps’ is immediately apparent when you watch the accompanying video and see the homeless camp near where he was recording, the tents billowing in the […]
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Video: The Mining Co. “Last Stop for Tired Reindeer”

December 13, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
Following on from recent album ‘Phenomenology’, The Mining Co. has released a festive single, the beautifully tuneful and weary ‘Last Stop for Tired Reindeer’.  The Mining Co. is the musical project of Ireland’s London-based Michael Gallagher.  […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: The Ballroom Thieves

December 10, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
Over the past couple of years, we have been privileged to share some stunning and intimate miniature gigs with our readers.   In troubled times, especially when live music has been hard to come by, these home […]
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Video Premiere: Daisy Chute “Secondhand Heart”

December 10, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
Daisy Chute possesses a voice of enchanting beauty, perfect for cinematic, dark-romantic storytelling.  In ‘Secondhand Heart’, her words float above gently flowing keys, delicate finger-picked guitar and Midori Jaeger’s warm cello: “Suffocated by the past // […]

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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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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

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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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From the opening crystal clear repeated note pattern, this album sets about the whole notion of a covers album with a fresh and distinctive voice. This is original and stirring stuff. ‘The Whole of the Moon’ […]
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From Toronto comes the debut album from Merival, aka Anna Horvath, though to say album is a bit of a stretch at less than 25 minutes, with some of the 8 tracks being barely songs. Horvath […]
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“You can’t talk about the best songwriters and not include him.” That headline above might seem like a bold statement, but when you realise those words came from none other than the Nobel Prize winner for Literature, […]

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