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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 – Week 119

November 10, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
How business should be. Preparing and delivering a radio/Mixcloud show that operates under the banner of association with this esteemed website takes some organisation, thought and the occasional biting of tongue when faced with some of […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 118

November 3, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 2
The world interrupts. Writing this column and creating a radio show is, in many ways, an idyllic way to spend one’s spare time but one should not fail to acknowledge the horrors that are being visited […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 117

October 27, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
On the road again… So half term has arrived and although not teaching, holidays are still determined by our children and responsibilities and so it has been this week that the whole family have decamped to […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 116

October 20, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
Half term beckons and I’m not at all stressed… …until the wonderful Mrs H told me we were spending 5 days in a house with all the children and grandchildren – 14 of us altogether. I […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 115

October 13, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
Posh seats and a boring gig. Spent a brilliant couple of days in old London town this last week. Ostensibly to catch up with friends, have a few drinks, meet up with an ex-pupil for a […]

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Park Hills Circle “All Of A Sudden” – seasons change

July 15, 2026 0
Park Hills Circle is the solo project of Maris Tierney, and Alaskan-Irish singer-songwriter who lives in Chicago.  She’s just released the debut album All Of A Sudden, and today we have the title track to share.  Maris is […]
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Video Premiere: The Kennedys “Without Us” – nature might do better

July 15, 2026 0
Here is the video for Without Us, the new single from folk duo The Kennedys. Through the song, singer-songwriters Pete Kennedy and Maura Kennedy explore the impact that humans have on the world around us, the […]
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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 […]

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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 […]
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

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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

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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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This is quite a lovely record. Gibraltarian singer/songwriter Kirsty Almeida has crafted some very interesting songs for this, her first studio album in nearly six years (since 2014’s ‘Dejavoodu’). She had taken a creative sabbatical following […]
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The Song Remains: Shilough Hopwood (1971-2023)

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The UK may have missed out on Shilough Hopwood’s music. Americana UK guest writer Paul Harding shares his great sadness that he recently heard of the passing of Shilough Hopwood, the leader and songwriter for the […]
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Billy Bragg bountiful bundle of news – new album, livestream and UK tour dates announced

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We are not going to tell you who Billy Bragg is – you have, dearest reader, no right not to know. We are, after all, all born knowing Billy Bragg songs.  So we won’t mention the […]

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