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Brown Horse “All the Right Weaknesses”

May 7, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0
Norwich’s finest blast back louder and harder than ever. Since their rapturously received debut “Reservoir“, Norwich band Brown Horse have been on a significant upward trajectory. One that shows no sign of fading with the release […]
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Paul Brady “The Archive”

May 6, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0
The definitive, hugely entertaining background exploration of why Paul Brady’s music matters so much. For any diehard Paul Brady fans, this album can only mean that – as the saying puts it – Christmas has come […]
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Gianni Tbay “The Blues Against Youth”

May 6, 2025 Andy Davidson 0
Azzurri blues. Gianni Tbay was mentioned recently in Rick Bayles’ Vox Continental feature, which reviewed Tbay’s sixth album, “As The Tide Gets High and Low” (2022) and says this new one is “also impressive, but with […]
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Kate Rusby “When They All Looked Up”

May 2, 2025 Chas Lacey 0
Traditional and original folk music, beautifully delivered with a contemporary feel. Seasonal Christmas offerings apart, this is Kate Rusby’s first album since her collection of covers on ‘Hand Me Down’ in 2020. As such it will […]
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Mountain Climer “Before You Turn Out the Lights”

May 2, 2025 Stephen Rostkoski 0
Slice of life storytelling and deft genre hopping keep Mountain Climer’s latest fresh and intriguing. Mountain Climer is the alias of Indiana native singer-songwriter Jeremy Climer. “Before You Turn Out the Lights” moves beyond Climer’s pop […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Steve Young “Rock, Salt & Nails”

April 21, 2026 0
Before embarking on this feature, to avoid duplication, I conducted a search on ‘Steve Young’, on the AUK website and was surprised to find there are precious few recent pieces devoted to someone who was surely […]
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Chip Taylor “Words From Holy Gardens”

April 21, 2026 0
Poignancy heaped upon poignancy on Taylor’s final recordings Words From Holy Gardens was already a very emotionally wrought record, featuring as it does Chip Taylor’s home recordings of his responses to aging and in particular to […]
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Jesse Malin “Hollywood Forever” – tribute to a friend

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After all the hard times Jesse Malin has been through in recent years it’s more than good to hear new sounds from the man who embodies the spirit of punkish-rock and roll.  The new songs are […]

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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

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