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AUK’s Keith Hargreaves’s weekly education column, with the help of some good, bad and ugly americana

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 151 “Louris”

July 26, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 1
Way back when in 2003 I saw the Jayhawks play Dingwalls in Camden. ‘Rainy Day Music’ had just come out and this was my first chance to see them. And what a gig, tiny venue, sweaty […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 150 – “Wow that was quick….”

July 19, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
And that’s it, a year gone by since I left full time teaching. Bloody hell where did that go? On side 2 of the LP of life if the tracks are passing that quickly there needs […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 150 “Krakow”

July 12, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
A trip with a mate to Krakow was not what I thought would be happening this year. It has never been a destination on my radar following going there in the early nineties and feeling slightly […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 149 – “The Future “

July 5, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
So that’s it . It’s all over. The shouting, the vile algorithms, the character assassinations, the lies… the bloody lies. By the time you read this we will know, vaguely, what the next few years holds […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 148 – “Respite”

June 28, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
I’ve written before about my father’s increasing dementia and how my mother is his sole carer with a bit of help for a couple of hours a week. Dad is 92, Mum is 87 and fiercely […]

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Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

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Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour

July 14, 2026 0
Hollow Hand, the project of Brighton’s Max Kinghorn-Mills, steps out of the bedroom on Wish Road South, recorded live as a trio after touring with MJ Lenderman and Caitlin Rose. The album comes out on the […]
Babehoven
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Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

July 14, 2026 0
Babehoven, the Hudson, NY-based project of singer/songwriter Maya Bon and producer and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Albert, have announced their new album, I See Them, I See Me, due 18th September 2026 via Double Double Whammy. I See […]
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Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”

July 14, 2026 0
Majestic debut from Virginia songwriter with a fascinating true backstory. When it comes to musical inspiration, a musician’s life is integral to what music he or she makes. For Brennan Gilmore, that inspiration comes from a […]

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  • Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn
  • Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”
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  • Ismay “Half Truth”
  • Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm
  • Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

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Live Review: Forgotten Pharaohs, Water Rats, London – 28th August 2024

September 3, 2024 0
A short visit to Water Rats to catch what was in effect an album preview gig by Forgotten Pharaohs, who are about to release their debut album ‘”King of Mirrors” and are also the first signing […]
Videos

Video: Danny & the Champions of the World “Sooner or Later”

October 8, 2024 0
‘Sooner or Later’ is the latest single from AUK-favourites Danny & the Champions of the World.  With urgent percussion and compelling instrumental layers, including Paul Lush’s tuneful guitar and Henry Senior’s E-bow lap steel, this is […]
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Other Brother Darryl “Drive” – let’s connect, man

November 20, 2023 0
‘Drive‘ is the second single from the ensemble band Other Brother Darryl, led by Boston music scene veterans Dan Nicklin, Nate Leavitt, Dan Cedarholm, and one that continues to cherish and maintain the memory of their […]

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