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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 46

February 15, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
A moment’s reflection. Every week this column spews forth a mixture of outrage, exasperation, ridicule and disbelief pertaining to all aspects of modern education during these current times but I may have missed a very important […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 45

February 8, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Worse than ever……. This blog was set up as I retreated to the shed at the bottom of my garden to teach my lessons as we plunged into lockdown nearly two years ago. This morning I […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 44

February 1, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
A glimpse of times to come. Phew, January’s a bastard. It’s cold, dark, hungover from December’s increasingly desperate joyousness and in the case of school, full of people shuffling from class to class coughing, wheezing and […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 43

January 26, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Pandora’s Box is open … When I started teaching, the idea of pastoral support was fairly basic. A supportive word or gesture if called upon, perhaps a phone call home to check ‘all was alright’ if […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 42

January 19, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Parent’s evenings ain’t wot they used to be. As I noted last week we are back in the swim from the very off this term and I had my first parent’s evening on Wednesday but very […]

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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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Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey Temecula March 2010

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

Classic Clips
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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 […]
Album Reviews

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
Classic Clips

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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  • My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”
  • Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010
  • Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years
  • Alex Dupree “Talking To The Dog”
  • Live Review: Thunder and Rain, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 28th August 2026
  • Track Premiere: Jaspar Lepak “On The Inside”
  • Video: Cole Gallagher “Chatting Through Steel (Revisited)” ft. David Hidalgo
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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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The presidential ‘debates’ show what happens when you match ugliness with ugliness – it spirals into something toxic and is birthing the idiocracy that we seem to deserve. Gareth Bonello meets the ugliness of the contemporary […]
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Video: Eric Bibb “Ridin'”

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Like the coal firing a steam engine Erib Bibb delivers a scorching performance in the video for ‘Ridin’’.  Building from a slow simmer to a full flame he retells the struggle of the Civil Right movement, […]
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Video Premiere: Jake Neuman & The Jaybirds “Saved”

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Check out the atmospheric video for the raw and rootsy new single from Jake Neuman and The Jaybirds.  Three key elements combine to make ‘Saved’ such a compelling song: the strong rhythm, the plaintive electric guitar […]

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