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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 82

January 24, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
One of my gateway drugs to Americana music has set sail for the Southern Oceans Oh no. Normal routine. Alarm goes off. A groan and a moan. Cold floor. Struggle for glasses and shuffle into bathroom […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 81

January 17, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
A New Year and an old problem Coming back to school after the Christmas holidays is always a grind. The bright lights of Christmas cheer have dimmed to a murky gloom foreshadowing cold days, cold nights […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 80

December 14, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 2
Chris Rea has started his car – mine on the other hand… It’s always the case that school runs towards Christmas with a rictus grin, a mince pie in one hand and bottle of Valium in […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 79

December 6, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Reports, reports, reports… Tis the season to be jolly and that sort of thing, tis also the season to be up to your proverbial in reports that have to be written in order that parents have […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 74

November 29, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Got my motor running… Whilst not wishing this series of articles to become sidetracked may I beg you indulgence as I share with you the pleasure: I got this weekend from taking ownership of my new […]

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Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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