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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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Emily Nenni announces the release of new album “Drive & Cry”

February 28, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Fresh from her nomination as best honky tonk female at the Ameripoitan Music Awards, Emily Nenni has announced the release of her new album “Drive & Cry” on New West on 3rd May. After the artistic […]
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Dom Flemons Wins Top Honour in 20th Annual Acoustic Music Awards, the first ever African American winner

February 27, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Acclaimed folk artist Dom Flemons has won the International Acoustic Music Awards’ (IAMA) Overall Grand Prize in their 20th awards with his song ‘Traveling Wildfire’. The song also won him the Best Folk/Americana/Roots Award.  Flemons is […]
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Shaina Hayes “Kindergarten Heart” – the pressures of modern life

February 26, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Shaina Hayes, the Quebec singer-songwriter, has released her second album ’Kindergarten Heart’ on 23rd February. The final single to be released from it is the title track, a lightly bouncy song where the lyrics slot into […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: Hannah Rose Platt + Gene Morrissey, The Other Palace – Studio, London – 16th February 2024

February 21, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
A mild Friday night in central London saw Hannah Rose Platt bring her big showcase to the Studio in Victoria’s Old Palace Theatre.  The programme featured  front to back performances of her latest album, the Ed […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Gaby Moreno, The Pheasantry, London – 15th February 2024

February 20, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Gaby Moreno’s London showcase in the lead up to the issue of her new album ‘Dusk’ was organised in conjunction with Jazz FM and their morning show presenter Nigel Williams.  The venue was The Pheasantry, a […]

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Video: Alela Diane “Dusty Roses” (Attic Live Session)

May 27, 2026 0
Dusty Roses is the latest single from Portland-based folk artist Alela Diane. The artfully-shot video was recorded in the attic of Diane’s Victorian home, built in 1892, and features co-producer Sam Weber (Madison Cunningham, Anna Tivel) […]
Interviews

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
Album cover artwork for Leeroy Stagger "Pilgrimage"
Album Reviews

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

May 26, 2026 0
A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]

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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]
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Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

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Something for the (long) weekend: I See Hawks in LA/Great Willow “Radio Keeps Me on the Ground”

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Well that’s a wrap from us for this week dear reader. Enjoy your “stay at home” VE Day celebrations if you’re doing anything, remembering of course that we don’t have to live on the borrowed symbolism […]
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Darling West “Can’t Help It” – Listen

November 8, 2019 0
The warm rich tones of Darling West were christened ‘Cosmic Folk’ by no lesser being than Lucinda Williams, with whom the Norwegian duo were sharing a stage.  And that cosmic theme carries forward onto their latest […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Woody Guthrie “All You Fascists Bound To Lose”

September 6, 2019 0
Your regular correspondent has been on a sabbatical of late taking part in something called “The Real World” away from the delights and highlights of the Internet Universe. Trust – it’s a dreadful place. Don’t go […]

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