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David Ramirez announces new single, UK dates

June 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Thirty Tigers signing David Ramirez has just announced his fourth album “We’re Not Going Anywhere” which is due out September 8th, and he’s touring the UK next week. Ramirez, who comes from the perspective of having a […]
Tracks

Hans Chew “Give Up the Ghost” – Listen

June 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Hans Chew has travelled a long way from Tennessee to Georgia to New Orleans to East Harlem, and sang many songs along his journey. But what happens when a ramblin’ man stops moving? Find out when […]
News

The Byrds’ Chris Hillman announces new album

June 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1
News courtesy of Stereogum this morning who report: “This fall, the Byrds’ Chris Hillman will release his first studio album in over a decade, Bidin’ My Time. It was produced by Tom Petty at his studio in […]
Tracks

Darling West “While I Was Asleep” – Listen

June 28, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Since the release of their second album “Vinyl and a Heartache,” Darling West have been played more than two and a half million times on Spotify, been booked to the biggest festivals in Norway and Americanafest […]
News

Jason Isbell performs on CBS This Morning – Watch

June 28, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
God that man and his band will just not leave television alone at the moment. Rolling Stone reports: “Just a few days after Jason Isbell gave a blistering performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, […]

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Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil “I Won’t Let Go” – a jingle-jangle morning

Tracks
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Video Premiere: Bronwyn “Johnny Ray” (Live) – music to rattle your bones

Videos
July 22, 2026 0

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

Interviews
July 21, 2026 0
Artwork for Sailing Sones album "Slow Magic"

Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

Album Reviews
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Image taken at Maverick Festival

More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

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Tracks

Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil “I Won’t Let Go” – a jingle-jangle morning

July 22, 2026 0
And in case you’re wondering, that’s Steve on the right and Ed on the left and they bring us the second single from their new album Temporary Sun, which was released last week.  I Won’t Let […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Bronwyn “Johnny Ray” (Live) – music to rattle your bones

July 22, 2026 0
Here’s the energetic, uptempo new single from the talented fiddle-player Bronwyn. New song Johnny Ray is arranged and performed with dramatic flair. Is there a finer collection of instruments than these? Alongside Bronwyn’s fiddle and vocals, Frank Evans […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 0
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

  • Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil “I Won’t Let Go” – a jingle-jangle morning
  • Video Premiere: Bronwyn “Johnny Ray” (Live) – music to rattle your bones
  • Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter
  • Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”
  • More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow
  • Live Review: Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons + Red Hash + Ella Spencer, Water Rats, London – 8th July 2026
  • Martin Carthy “Along the Road Forever – Live at the BBC”
  • Boulder Fields roll into autumn with a brand new album
  • Lambchop “The New World Wave” – a family saga
  • Video: Ian Prowse “The Cleaner” feat. Elvis Costello – on the frontline in the class war
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Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 0
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]
Interviews

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 […]
Interviews

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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Book Reviews

Book Review: Billy Bragg “Billy Bragg- A People’s History”

September 19, 2025 0
This book, which feels like a labour of love on all parts, compiles 700 fan memories into a chronological community narrative of Billy Bragg’s life and influence. From his start in Barking, Essex, through the founding […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the shed – Week 51

March 30, 2022 0
Believe it or not Easter Hols are coming  Thank f**k for that. Covid numbers are at an all time high, spend more lessons covering for absent colleagues or uploading work for isolating students than I do […]
Videos

Something for the weekend: Hurray for the Riff Raff “Colossus of Roads”

February 2, 2024 0
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader – if you’re an AUK supporter our new playlist is out later today. We leave you in the meantime with a new song from a band […]

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