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Vote for your favourite stuff from 2017 and win some CDs!

November 27, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Well dear reader it’s that time of year again when you gaze back at the last 12 months and think “remember when people who disagreed were nice to each other?” (to be fair, you may need […]
News

Stream reissue of Wilco’s “Being There” via NPR

November 24, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
What finer way to go out for the weekend than being able to listen to the reissue of Wilco’s classic album from 1996 “Being There” – including the bonus tracks, smart arse.  As they say, “The double […]
Tracks

Banty Holler “Take It From Me” – Listen

November 24, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Banty Holler’s “Nothing Machine” is a new americana album from the Netherlands featuring Neile H Coe’s off-brand alt-country and Willem van der Tuuk’s “purposeful, tasty deployment of his Strat” which makes it sound like he’s tried […]
Tracks

Green Day and Miranda Lambert “Ordinary World” – Listen

November 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Ordinary World is the new song from Green Day taken from their new collection “Greatest Hits: God’s Favorite Band.”  The song’s first iteration came in a 2016 film starring frontman Billie Joe Armstrong as an aging punk […]
News

2018 Kilkenny Roots Festival starts to announce line-up

November 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
The 21st Kilkenny Roots Festival has announced the first batch of artists to be playing the much-loved festival in 2018. Canada’s Deep Dark Woods are back after a four-year hiatus, Maryland’s Michael Nau makes his debut, along with Nashville based country queen Nikki […]

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Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

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Artwork for Bell White album "A sign in the weather"

Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

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Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

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Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking

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Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”

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Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

July 17, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from alt-country heroes/pioneers/stalwarts/choose your own noun Son Volt whose latest album Sound Signal Serenades was physically released on […]
Artwork for Bell White album "A sign in the weather"
Album Reviews

Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

July 17, 2026 0
A strong third album from the rootsy Canadian “Appalachian” artist from New Orleans showing raw emotion and a degree of post-breakup positivity. As you listen to each song on Bella White’s new studio album you feel […]
News

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

July 17, 2026 0
Jawdropped, a four-piece from Los Angeles, have announced their debut album, Secret To Spare, due 18th September via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band has also released the first single, Split Lip, along with a video […]

  • Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”
  • Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”
  • Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates
  • Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking
  • Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”
  • Bob Dylan announces 2026 UK tour
  • Hell in a Handcart: What about the Babel Fish?
  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Paul Sexton
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  • John Jenkins: Excellent again Keith. Funny that Paul mention 'Dirk Powell' as i did a review for 'American Highways Magazine' of the…

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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

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Video: Josh Fortenbery “Heirlooms”

February 20, 2024 0
Josh Fortenbery’s latest single is a thoughtful exploration of how family traits, like his father’s temper, might be passed down between generations and onto his own children.  The accompanying video, artistically-shot by David Rossow, is cleverly sequenced […]
Live Reviews

The Handsome Family, Hackney Round Chapel, 15th March 2018

March 20, 2018 0
“For us to have Loose Records here tonight and for us to still be married…” is Rennie Sparks’s wryly improbable reflection towards the beginning of this evening’s performance in Hackney – a nice acknowledgement of the […]
Album Reviews

Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings “Parlour Ballads”

September 16, 2024 0
A nostalgic trip down Memory Lane to a different age. ‘Parlour Ballads’ is a simple, classic Jon Boden album that his adoring fans will undoubtedly take to heart. It is a collection of songs that are […]

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