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Folk Roundup – Clementine Lovell, Ezmay Grace, Faun Fables, Natalie Padilla, Odette Michell

July 24, 2025 Andy Short 0

For this month’s folk round-up, we give AUK’s very own folk hero, Jonathan Aird, a well-earned month off. Looking at this fine selection of five new albums, he has missed a good one. We have a […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists

July 17, 2025 Andy Short 35

It has long been a tradition in music for artists to cover their favourite songs. Some take the original to the next level, while others are straight copies; some are plain weird, and finally, there are […]

Artwork for Ledfoot Album "Plain Simple Honesty"

Ledfoot “Plain Simple Honesty”

July 9, 2025 Andy Short 0

Ledfoot returns with plain, simple honesty and some terrific guitar playing. Looking for some plain, simple honesty? This latest record from Norway-based singer-songwriter will certainly tick the right boxes. It is a collection for our times, […]

Album art for Brayden Baird album "Lord, Why etc"

Brayden Baird and the Once in a Lifetime Band “Lord, Why Do You Do These Things To Me?”

June 17, 2025 Andy Short 0

Anti-folk album of grief, anger and hope. Brooklyn-based singer has taken time away from the production desk and joined with the Once in a Lifetime Band to bring us a new set of songs. “Lord, Why […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: The Counting Crows

June 11, 2025 Andy Short 2

This feature is the equivalent of those items on social media. The ones where you can only pick one artist to see live or listen to one album forever. They always include Queen, Bowie and Prince, […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 1

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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