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London based self-diagnosed music junkie with tastes extending to all points of big tent americana and beyond. Fan of acts and songs rather than genres.
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Daryl Mosley announces release of fourth solo album

September 4, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
The award-winning bluegrass singer/songwriter Daryl Mosley will be releasing his new album “Long Days & Short Stories” on 4th October 2024. Produced by Mosley and The Grascals’ Danny Roberts, “Long Days & Short Stories” features 11 […]
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Tales from the Long Road: Down the road with Jess Williamson

September 4, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1
AUK got some time to talk with singer-songwriter Jess Williamson as she travelled down from Leeds to London.  This sort of journey is nothing for Williamson who regularly drives between her twin bases of Los Angeles […]
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Eric Bibb announces new studio album “In The Real World”

September 3, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Eric Bibb has announced the release of “In The Real World”, his latest album via Stony Plain Records which lands on 18th October 2024.  It follows the blues troubadour’s Grammy-nominated 2023 studio release, “Ridin’” and the […]
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North London’s Red Sky July announce release of first album for eight years

September 2, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
15 years since they formed and eight since their last album, North London trio Red Sky July have announced the release of their fourth album “Misty Morning” for February 2025. Since the release of  “Red Sky […]
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Martin Harley to release new album with tour dates to support

August 30, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Martin Harley has announced his first solo album in five years, “Morning Sun”.for release on 18th October 2024 via Del Mundo Records.  Harley has also announced some tour dates in Ocotber,November and Decembe […]

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Tessa Rosa Jackson live at St Pancras Old Church, London - 16th September 2026
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Live Review: Tessa Rose Jackson + Chloe Foy, St Pancras Old Church, London – 16th September 2026

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The shortening autumnal hours mean the dark night sky is showing through the church windows well before showtime at this Victorian church, just a block away from the London bases of some of the world’s biggest […]
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James Felice announces release of second solo album in November

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James Felice has announced that Homeworld Blue, his sophomore solo album, will be released on 13th November 2026 via Conor Oberst’s Million Stars Records. Produced by Nate Walcott of Bright Eyes and recorded in Omaha, Nebraska, […]
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Mildred “Bird Laugh” – snow is falling

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Mildred have not let the grass grow; their debut release came out earlier this year, and already they have new music in the form of a double A-side single, of which Bird Laugh forms an A-side. As […]

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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

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