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Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
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Del McCoury Band “Once Again” – some blues are just blues, these are the low down blues

November 25, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Del McCoury has a new album on the way, ‘…Almost Proud‘, and this is the new single from it which sees Del in a blue state of mind.  It’s a bluegrass blues, of course.  What can […]
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Erin Rae “Candy & Curry” – Maybe take one or the other….

November 25, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Erin Rae returns with a new album ‘Lighten Up‘ on February 4th and sees the psychedelic singer-songwriter teaming with oft-times man of the moment Jonathan Wilson as producer.  The album aims to be an amalgam of […]
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Sad Daddy “Charlie Pickle” – is he related to Ol’ Dan Tucker?

November 24, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1
Sad Daddy went out of their way to make their latest album sound as if it had a down-home rustic and raw kind of sound.  Melissa Carper, Brian Martin, Joe Sundell, and Rebecca Patek – who […]
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Elexa Dawson “Mother” – Listen

November 23, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Elexa Dawson is a singer from the Flint Hills of Kansas, and ‘Mother‘ is her new single taken from her 2019 album ‘Music is Medicine‘.  It’s a song that is inspired, she explains, “by the earth […]
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The Mother Hips “I Don’t Want To Drive You Away” – a great song is a great song

November 22, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Thirty years into their career The Mother Hips have decided for the first time to cut a cover version in the studio and put it onto their new album ‘Glowing Lantern.‘  The song in question is, […]

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Hell in a Handcart – making a profit for “The Man”

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“In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act” – George Orwell “Well I woke up this morning…” as legendary blues numbers are won’t to have it. Normally my next line would […]
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Elizabeth Cook announces new album and narrative film

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Elizabeth Cook returns with new album, Great Television, which will be released on 14th August 2026 via Thirty Tigers. Described as “a potent collision of country and rock & roll”, the album was produced by Shooter […]
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Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Jim Walker of Brighthelmstone Promotions

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This week finds Keith talking to Jim Walker, head honcho at Brighton-based Brighthelmstone Promotions. Jim talks us through all the ins and outs of promoting, as well as tempting us with some fabulous South Coast events. […]

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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

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It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]
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Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0
In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]
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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

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It sometimes seems that the dreamy – albeit they were dark dreams – psychfolk sound died out somewhere around the release of Espers III. Montreal based singer Ora Cogan is doing her best to reverse that […]
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Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait”, Edinburgh 2010

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When I was a student up in Edinburgh, I was on nodding acquaintance with Marcus Mumford, who was playing open mic pub gigs with songs that would eventually be sung in arenas and at Glastonbury. He […]
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Songs for the apocalypse: The Lemonheads “Outdoor Type”

April 10, 2019 0
I grew up liking bands that everyone else thought were shit, so it was a welcome relief when the 90s came along and guitar-based music had something of a renaissance. Boston’s Lemonheads were always described as […]

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