News
Black Deer 2025 festival is not happening
But it will return in 2026 and for now continues to develop radio and grassroots gigs. The annual Americana festival hosted by Black Deer has announced that it’s taking a year off in 2025. In a […]
Articles by Keith Hargreaves
Tracks
Katherine Priddy and Simon Armitage – Poetry in motion!
No blank verse here! One of AUK’s favourite singer-songwriters, Katherine Priddy has released a new single today. ‘Close Season’ is out now via Cooking Vinyl. This is a remarkable track and is the first of two […]
Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed 165 “The Appetiser”
I’ve been lucky enough to have been to a few gigs recently and, indeed, promoted a couple myself. I’m always intrigued by the music playing in a venue before the acts come on. Is this the […]
News
Loudon lets loose “Live In London” to compliment Transatlantic dates
Winner of imaginative album title competition strikes again. Loudon Wainwright III will release his fourth live album simply titled “Live in London” on the 31st of January to coincide with the beginning of his guest appearances […]
News
Nashville ‘super’group Echolalia announce their eponymous debut album
Currency of another coin. There’s a new Nashville group on the scene and it could possibly be called a supergroup as it features friends Spencer Cullum, Andrew Combs, Jordan Lehning and Dominic Billet. And they have […]