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Matt Benson “Sit Back Down Again”

August 8, 2025 Paul Russell 0
Spectacular debut album from ivory-tinkling Irish newcomer. Great albums tend to make an impact from the get-go. Even greater albums hit the mark when they make an instant impact in a modest way. This is how […]
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Icarus Phoenix “I Should Have Known The Things You Never Said” (Deluxe Edition)

August 7, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Danburry and team expand on the compelling uneasiness of last year’s album with an additional twenty-nine songs from the same recording session. In his review last September of Icarus Phoenix’s latest release, “I Should Have Known […]
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Eli West “The Shape of a Sway”

August 6, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0
A quietly fiery masterpiece of liberated and liberating bluegrass. Of all the different types of americana, bluegrass can be one of the most challenging to review – but some might say that’s an unintended consequence of […]
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Later Youth “Living History”

August 6, 2025 John Lee 0
An ambitious and affecting debut that fuses indie, americana, and nostalgia-fuelled introspection. The debut album from Later Youth – the new solo project of The Travelling Band’s Jo Dudderidge – feels like paging through a diary […]
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Tyler Childers “Snipe Hunter”

August 5, 2025 Peter Churchill 0
Memorable opener paves the way for another high-class album from the formidable Mr Childers. There are some albums that start in a rather low-key manner. Albums that worm their way surreptitiously into the subconscious after a […]

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Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

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Tift Merritt “Sugar”

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Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

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Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2
Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]
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Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0
Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]
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Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0
Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Ayo Bamidele

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Through our occasional mini-gig series, we have been spreading a little light in a gloomy world.  As well as the joy of seeing different performers, it’s a way of connecting artists to listeners, both old and […]
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Sunny Ozell “Live at the Village” EP (Chitin Records, 2020)

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Ozell’s album, ‘Overnight Lows’ witnessed the first airing for four of the tracks on this EP , to which has been added a cover of the Los Lobos track, ‘The Valley’. These tracks, recorded at  The […]
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Sounds from Beyond the Shed 183 “The Big 100”

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I don’t often promote myself, but this week marks a bit of a milestone (some may say millstone) as the radio show “Sounds from Beyond the Shed” is celebrating its 100th episode, and to be honest, […]

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