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Sounds from the Shed

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 139: “Technology – tied to the mast of a rudderless ship?”

April 19, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 1
Every week readers of this august column get to savour a couple of YouTube tracks and a Mixcloud copy of my live radio show. This was not possible a couple of decades ago, shiiit, even the […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 138: “Ramblin’ Roots and old friends”

April 12, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 6
Last weekend saw the annual shindig at High Wycombe that is Ramblin’ Roots. In two adjacent and perfectly lovely venues over 20 artists over 3 days. I could only make it on the Friday night but […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 137 “Radio, radio…”

April 5, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
In my recently appointed role as co-editor of the news section of AUK I am reading a lot more ‘news’. In fact, I haven’t read so much music news since I pored over every line and […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 137 “WT actual F”

March 22, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 1
Regular readers of this column will be familiar with my occasional naivety in matters of the world but even I was surprised at how naive I was when covering a news story for the site this […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 135: “Bureaucracy gone mad..”

March 15, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Having spent most of the last 15 years in education I am well aware of how things have changed for the good in terms of safeguarding and the protection of children in society particularly in institutions […]

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. Regular readers will no doubt be sick to death now of me plugging this guy but his stuff is so good and as if any more proof was […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

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Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Remedy Motel “Counting Sand”

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Utah band on a roll with their second ‘comeback’ album after a 15-year hiatus. You feel as though you should showcase this band in our Feature article More People Really Should Know About..…because, despite the fact […]

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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
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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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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss “High And Lonesome” – Listen

October 8, 2021 1
You know the back story to this one – Plant and Krauss recorded one of the best selling Americana albums ‘Raising Sand‘ and at long last they’ve recorded another album destined to be one of the […]
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Listen to Margo Price concert via NPR

April 13, 2017 0
Margo Price was easily one of the most memorable acts of the last year’s (wet) End of the Road. NPR Music report: “Breakout country artist Margo Price makes her debut on Mountain Stage, recorded live at the Civic […]
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The Builders And The Butchers “Stop The Rain” – who’s gonna do that?

February 11, 2022 0
The members of The Builders and the Butchers had already made recording together something of a challenge – the band members are all originally from Alaska but are now more dispersed. Justin Baeir (drums) bought a […]

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