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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 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 […]
Columns

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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Sounds from beyond the Shed 135 “Showtime”

March 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Everything else is on hold this week as the production I have been directing arrives to sold out Houses at the local theatre. One hundred and eighty-five seats for five nights – sold out! That’s a […]

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Unearthed 1968 recording of Buck Owen and the Buckaroos to be released next month

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My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

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Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

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case/lang/veirs

Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years

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Alex Dupree “Talking To The Dog”

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News

Unearthed 1968 recording of Buck Owen and the Buckaroos to be released next month

September 3, 2026 0
More than half a century after Buck Owens and the Buckaroos took the stage at Las Vegas’ Mint Hotel and Casino, a remarkable document of the band at the height of its powers is finally seeing […]
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My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

September 3, 2026 0
Melody and heartfelt ruminations on family, life and love combine to winning effect on a timeless album. My Girl The River sees Kris Wilkinson Hughes collaborating with husband Joe and daughter Rue, and this wonderfully honest […]
Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey Temecula March 2010
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Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

September 3, 2026 0
Pieta Brown (53) is the daughter of beloved folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown with whom she reunited after a rather bohemian lifestyle following her parents’ separation when she was 2 years old. At the time she was […]

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  • Alex Dupree “Talking To The Dog”
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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Charley Crockett’s prolific album run continues with “Lonesome Drifter”

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And a new label home on Island Records. GRAMMY® Award-nominee Charley Crockett has announced his new album “Lonesome Drifter”, out March 14 and it’s his official debut for Island Records. Crockett co-produced the album alongside multi-GRAMMY® […]
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M Ross Perkins “Wrong Wrong Wrong” – you are so not right

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You may think, somewhere around 1 minute 20 seconds, that M Ross Perkins marches to a different drum.  He’s certainly out of step with most of those who surround him “everything I see  is wrong” he […]
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Interview: Leonard Podolak on home routes, Canadian folk music and what really happened to The Duhks

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The Duhks may have faltered but their ethos is alive and well and they may make a comeback. Leonard Podolak is an Old-Time banjo player who was founder and leader of Canadian band The Duhks, He’s […]

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