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  • [ May 29, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Oh, The Joy of Life!” Tracks
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Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman and Jack Rutter “Sea Song Sessions”

September 23, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0
Superb collection of maritime songs and sea shanties performed by the cream of Britain’s folk musicians. Britain is a maritime nation. The sea has long defined British identity, in terms of both how Britons view themselves […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Billy Bragg, Natalie Merchant, Michael Stipe, Cara Tivey “Hello In There”, Glasgow, 1990

September 20, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 1
The last Chain Gang showcased 10,000 Maniacs and David Byrne singing a cover version. This week’s Chain Gang also comprises a cover of a well-known americana favourite featuring one of the protagonists in the previous clip […]
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Little Quirks “Call To Unknowns”

September 5, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0
Likeable EP from young Australians, for fans of Mumford And Sons, First Aid Kit and The Staves. Little Quirks are a band of siblings and cousins hailing from New South Wales in Australia. Sisters Abbey and […]
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Fritillaries “Fritillaries”

August 17, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0
Sensitive, wistful and accomplished folky debut album from Bristol based duo. Fritillaries are a type of plant which produce bell-shaped, chequered flowers in the spring. The Fritillaries the band comprise Hannah Pawson and Gabriel Wynne who […]
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Mariel Buckley “Everywhere I Used To Be”

August 3, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 1
Exceptional and sincere record from Canadian singer songwriter aimed at underdogs everywhere. Mariel Buckley hails from Calgary which sits in a vast, often brown coloured plain, in southern Alberta in Canada. Her excellent third album is […]

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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 […]
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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. […]

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  • Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026
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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 […]
Interviews

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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Interview: Aoife O’Donovan explains why she is far from apathetic about music

February 15, 2022 2
How the pandemic and Joe Henry brought musical space and enabled a weird type of collaboration. Aoife O’Donovan is a serial collaborator who also enjoys a solo career within the folk rock and americana genres, but […]
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William the Conqueror announce new album, set to invade February

November 23, 2018 0
Leaving you this weekend dear reader with news that ‘Bleeding on the Soundtrack’ has been announced as the name of the new album from William the Conqueror, set for release on 15th February in the UK via […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Number 5 – Gretchen Peters “Blackbirds” (2015)

October 17, 2022 2
Gretchen Peters’ contribution to the singer-songwriter craft through the twenty-first century has few if any peers, such is the cannon of her work and the quality of her albums, peaking with the award winning, ‘Blackbirds’ in 2015. […]

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