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Bluegrass Briefs: Charlotte Carrivick, Hills of Belgium, Appalachian Smoke

November 26, 2024 Tim Martin 0
Bluegrass is a worldwide phenomenon. In recent episodes we have had Eastern Europe and Canada. This time we have Belgium and Wiltshire. The circular nature of musical influences which we find in so much of the […]
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Oak Ridge Boys “Mama’s Boys”

November 26, 2024 Tony Burke 0
After 50 years in the music industry – from recording 78s in the 1940s to performing at the funeral of a US President the Oak Ridge Boys say farewell with an album dedicated to good ole […]
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AUK’s Monthly EP’s Round-Up – November 2024

November 25, 2024 Graeme Tait 2
Well, we might still be over four weeks until the big day, but by the bumper size of this months EP’s goody bag you would be forgiven for thinking that Christmas had come early. So without […]
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The Psych Fi’s “Can Con”

November 25, 2024 FredArnold 0
Jerry Leger goes off-piste again with an interesting new psychedelic offering. Jerry Leger is a 39-year-old Toronto-born singer-songwriter who has to date had a 20-year recording career, during which he has released 13 albums, 7 solo, […]
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Agalisiga “Chuj” Mackey “Nasagino Inagei Nidayulenvi”

November 22, 2024 Paul Russell 0
Fascinating debut from Cherokee musician keeping his language alive. Agalisiga “Chuj” Mackey is a Cherokee singer songwriter who lives in the Cherokee Nation in Northeast Oklahoma. With only 1,500 first language speakers left – his aim […]

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Features

The Top Ten Americana Song of All Time: 2nd – John Prine “Angel From Montgomery” (1971)

April 9, 2026 0
Almost there! There was never much doubt that John Prine would be represented in this list, and, although a number of his songs appeared in the original writers’ lists, the iconic and most covered song of […]
Album cover artwork for Cut Worms "Transmitter"
Album Reviews

Cut Worms “Transmitter”

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This guitar-based pop, produced by Jeff Tweedy, is a departure from previous work. Cut Worms is singer-songwriter Max Clarke, originally from Ohio, but now living in New York. This is his fourth full-length album after Cut […]
Madi Diaz Live 29th October 2022
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Essentials: The Top 10 Madi Diaz Songs

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Madi Diaz has always known she wanted to be a musician. Growing up in a Quaker household in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, her parents rejected a mainstream education for her and her brother, instead home schooling them, […]

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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

April 7, 2026 0
In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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Songs in the South: David Starr + Martha L Healy + Al Shields, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 30th May 2018

June 4, 2018 0
Glasgow’s very hip Glad Cafe hosted this night of singer/songwriters playing “in the round” as popularised by The Bluebird Cafe (in Nashville, although the Edinburgh eatery and venue of the same name hosted this self same […]
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Jonah Corren “Langdon” – revisiting his West Dorset childhood with this thoughtful new single

March 8, 2024 0
Jonah Corren revisits his West Dorset childhood bedroom and pens the thoughtful new single ‘Langdon’. The song is not a nostalgic look back so much as it is a meditation on the changes in perspective brought […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: Until the End of the World “Just Let Go”

December 21, 2020 1
I panicked when I first saw the link in last week’s Chain Gang, which was Lori McKenna’s ‘Humble and Kind’, as I didn’t know either the artist or the song. Then I did some digging around […]

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