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Mary Elizabeth Remington “In Embudo”

March 8, 2023 Rick Bayles 0
A beautiful simplicity. This is the sort of record we don’t seem to hear too often these days; simple, well-constructed songs, played and sung without excess embellishment or excessive drama. Using simple accompaniment and, in some […]
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The Dust Collectors “Filtered Gems EP”

March 8, 2023 Andrew Raw 0
An excellent, rousing debut EP from Canadian country-folk band. ‘Filtered Gems’ is a very impressive debut EP from the Canadian country-folk band containing six rousing songs with interesting lyrics, which you want to listen to repeatedly. […]
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Ben Walker “Banish Air from Air”

March 7, 2023 Rick Thorn 0
British folk music at its most thought-provoking. Ben Walker is such an interesting character. A post-grad in Mathematics and a classically trained virtuoso on the guitar. Described by Total Guitar Magazine as ‘one of the best […]
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Jerry Leger “Live From Paradise”

March 7, 2023 Paul Russell 0
Live mini album from Toronto troubadour. Live albums are an interesting undertaking for artists – should they be brilliant live renditions of songs fans are aware of but will be pleased to have as variations on […]
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Alan Fletcher “The Point”

March 6, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
Aussie soap star finds a perfect band to help him deliver his vision of Americana On a couple of levels it seems absurd for AUK to be reviewing an album recorded by a 65-year-old Australian actor, […]

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Video: Lady Nade “Bloom” – if we put our minds together, we can shine

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Album Reviews

Shakey Graves “Fondness, Etc.”

May 6, 2026 0
Shakey Graves ploughs his own furrow in atmospheric and enigmatic fashion with songs and a sound which draw you in. He may have a name which sounds as if he should be a cemetery worker in […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Fred Neil

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Sometimes, an artist is underrated because they just got here. There simply wasn’t any time. But sometimes the dust has settled, and yet where are the fireworks, the winging cherubs crying “Mercy!”? Nowhere to be found. […]
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Crys Matthews “Citizen” – status is mutable

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Nashville resident Crys Matthew is a troubadour of truth – and is one of the most strident voices for social justice in a time when some of her fellow citizens are not so bothered with a […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Parker Millsap examines the rhythms of life in ‘Running on Time’.  The video features clips of natural landscapes interspersed with character studies of several people in filmed portraiture.  Fingerpicked guitars and subdued drums drive the song […]
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Muireann Bradley heads for the road and contemplates These Days

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Once-in-a-generation teenage folk guitarist and singer Muireann Bradley is releasing her version of the enduring classic ‘These Days’ before heading out on the road in November. Though it was brought into the wider public’s consciousness by […]
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In the midst of punk, new wave and whatever else was happening in 1977, the first Tom Petty album crept out and took a year to reach the US charts. In the UK the reaction was […]

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