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About Keith Hargreaves
Riding the one eyed horse into dead town the scales fell from his eyes. Music was the only true god at once profane and divine The dust blew through his mind as he considered the offering... And then he scored it out of ten and waited for the world to wake up
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Bombay Bicycle Club “Motel Blues” from On Track with SEAT, 2013

June 21, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

I’ve always enjoyed throwing a bit of a spanner in the works or slightly subverting a convention and I’m afraid that my contribution to this great series may be seen as just that but please bear […]

Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 147 – “Trade Descriptions”

June 21, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Mrs H and myself went to a gig last week. It was a night out to celebrate her recent achievements and me reaching a certain age. It took place at the Royal Theatre in Northampton, a […]

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Andrew Combs returns with a new album, single and tour dates! Is it Christmas?

June 20, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Loose alumni Andrew Combs returns to the fray this month with the announcement of a brand new album “Dream Pictures” that will be released on August 23rd as well as its lead single ‘Eventide’ which is […]

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Get the flock out of here! The Sheepdogs announce UK dates for autumn 2024

June 19, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Grab your whistle and put on your wellies, Canada’s rock n’ roll sons and purveyors of good-time musical vibes, The Sheepdogs, have just announced they are heading across the Atlantic for a run of 21 shows […]

News

The wildlife better watch out! Basher’s back with an “Indoor Safari”

June 18, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Following his performances at Wilco’s Solid Sound this year  Yep Roc Records will release “Indoor Safari” on September 13th. This will be Nick Lowe’s first full-length album in eleven years. Consisting of twelve songs, including brand […]

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  • The latest AUK Podcast now live featuring not one but two interviews!
  • Track Premiere: Eric Brandt “Size Of Diamonds”
  • Video Premiere: Zoe FitzGerald Carter “Lying Voices” – the consequences of all that endless lying
  • Top Ten Americana Songs Of All Time: Keith Hargreaves
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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

Behind the Songs

Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

Interviews

Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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There are few surprises on a MF record. They plough the same furrows year after year sprinkling the seeds of REM and Uncle Tupelo and reaping their own brand of Americana flannelled jangle. It is perhaps […]

Features

I Write the Songs – Dan Penn

May 24, 2023 2

Let’s not mess around; I think ‘Dark End of the Street’ is the finest country/soul song ever written. The version recorded by The Flying Burrito Brothers remains, for me, the definitive version, though the James Carr […]

Videos

Video: Dakota Theim “Never Give Up On Your Love”

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A 70’s-inspired release from Portland’s Dakota Theim, ahead of his new album ‘Tangled Heart‘. Is that Doobie Brothers ‘Long Train…‘ congas? Or is that a ‘Wichita Linesman‘ style opening bass run? Shades of Moody Blues ‘Days […]

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