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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
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 152 “WTF”

August 9, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
I was in Nottingham two weeks ago to see Gary Louris, Birmingham last week for the cricket on both occasions I wandered through the city centres loving my ‘visits’ to the city from my rural home […]
News

Turn on, tune in and enjoy – Black Deer launch their “Americana Radio Station” for the people!

August 9, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Just too late for Tim Martin’s excellent radio/podcast piece Black Deer Live, the organisation behind the fan favourite festival that takes place in Eridge Park, Kent every June have now launched the radio station announced by […]
News

Ring that Olympic bell! Peter Bruntnell’s back with new album and tour

August 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Peter Bruntnell has announced the release of his fourteenth or fifteenth (count them!) album – “Houdini and the Sucker Punch” comes out on October 4th on Domestico Records. It follows in the wake of 2021’s “Journey […]
News

Mean Mary announces release of her 19th studio album – not so mean after all!

August 6, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Mean Mary has announced the release date of her new album “Woman Creature ( Portrait of a Woman, Part 2 )”  on October 4th 2024.  Mainly recorded at Mary’s home studio, the album showcases her gifts […]
News

Vive La France – A new Americana Festival makes its debut in September with a one day bash

August 2, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
The Eldorado Americana Festival is a new event billed as dedicated to American music (folk, country, rock, blues, soul etc.). It has been devised and curated by Michel Pampelune, a leading advocate of Americana who has […]

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Ian Prowse “No Names”

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New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Dillon Warnek

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Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks

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More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

June 30, 2026 0
On Singing Machine, Microphone, the final track on David Borné’s 2023 debut Genesis, he sings of the unbridled, innocent joy of making music during childhood for nothing but the pure love of it. It’s a soaring […]
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Album Reviews

Ian Prowse “No Names”

June 30, 2026 0
Impassioned energy and emotionally charged politics from Merseyside luminary. Ian Prowse has been making music for more than thirty years, first with indie band Pele, then forming the band Amsterdam in 1999, and now releasing albums […]
News

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

June 30, 2026 0
Occasionally, we provide a compendium of recently announced live shows, so here are three sets of tour dates that came our way in the last few days. Gaslight Anthem main man, Brian Fallon, who recently led […]

  • More People Really Should Know About: David Borné
  • Ian Prowse “No Names”
  • New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline
  • Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Dillon Warnek
  • Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks
  • Jonathon Penn “It Took A Long Time To Get Young”
  • Folk Tracks Roundup – June 2026
  • Video Premiere: Logan Staats “Rainwater and Whiskey”
  • “Doggone” it … Jeffrey Silverstein announces a new album
  • Jolene Marie “Sun Creek”
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  • Alan Peatfield: Great track. Wonderful performer. I was hoping he would extend his Canadian co-headlining tour with Julian Taylor over to the…
  • Alan Peatfield: ..... and I've already got my tickets for their show at Kirton in Lindsey - really looking forward to it!

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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 […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Kimberly Bright

January 27, 2022 1
Man, it is hard to believe we’re already this far into the 21st century! As a Gen X’er, I have to ruefully admit the truth of the meme that we’ll always think 1980 was twenty years […]
Tracks

Gregory Dwane “3000 Miles To LA” – going down the road feeling bad

November 9, 2023 0
Gregory Dwane has done most things in music –  recording engineer to songwriter, producer, and fine art painter, not to mention being the tech support for the likes of Alanis Morrisette and Macy Gray on world […]
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The Mountain Goats announce new album “Bleed Out”

June 7, 2022 0
Watch the video for the first song from it below. The Mountain Goats have announced the release of a new album ‘Bleed Out’ described as a “cinematic experience inspired by action movies from the 60s, 70s […]

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