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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

Aaron Burdett 'Dream Rich, Dirt Poor' 2021
Album Reviews

Aaron Burdett “Dream Rich, Dirt Poor”

August 12, 2021 Helen Jones 0
A down-home, rootsy bluegrass offering from an industry veteran that deserves to get his time in the spotlight. Although ‘Dream Rich, Dirt Poor’ is Aaron Burdett’s eighth studio album, you would be forgiven if his was […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 26

July 7, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0
The hissing of summer lawns… So half a year of sounds from the shed and beyond and it’s time for the summer hols for this particularly knackered teacher. It looks like the eggs have all been […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 25

June 30, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0
The calm after the storm. After last week’s rant I have taken stock and decided that this week should be a far more optimistic piece looking to the future rather than dwelling on the rather bleak […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 24

June 24, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0
On the home straight. So here we are three weeks or so from the end of term and already things are beginning to unravel. Now call me old school but when did a trip to Alton […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 23

June 16, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0
Things are hotting up… Physically and metaphorically. This last week has been the deadline for Teacher Assessed Grades in our establishment and in an effort to stave off any litigation or parental interventions using more than […]

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Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK

Previews
July 15, 2026 3

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

Album Reviews
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Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026

Live Reviews
July 15, 2026 0
Cover art for Max Subar album "Anything Could Be"

Max Subar “Anything Could Be”

Album Reviews
July 15, 2026 2

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

Tracks
July 15, 2026 0
Previews

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK

July 15, 2026 3
Correction: The original version of this story described James Taylor as arriving in the UK next week, when as one of our readers has pointed out in the comments, he’s already played Scotland and is in […]
Album Reviews

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0
Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026

July 15, 2026 0
And it’s off to another new venue in London, prestigiously located at Olympia in one of those surprisingly hard to get to parts of London.  Few are the venues that feel the need to post outlying […]

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  • Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”
  • Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026
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  • Park Hills Circle “All Of A Sudden” – seasons change
  • Video Premiere: The Kennedys “Without Us” – nature might do better
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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

July 7, 2026 1
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 […]
Interviews

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
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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An eighteen year old Taiwanese American fellow, with millions of Spotify hits for his debut E.P., now drops his debut nine-track long-player. For our older readers I’ll explain what ‘Spotify’ and ‘Spotify hits’ are later on. […]
Tracks

Beth Nielsen Chapman “Hey Girl” – hey boy, superstar DJs… no, not really

May 10, 2022 0
Beth Nielsen Chapman returns after four years with new music – today’s song is taken from the new album ‘CrazyTown’, which is out September 23rd.   ‘Hey Girl‘ is, says Chapman, a “celebratory shout out to our […]
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Emma Swift “The Resurrection Game”

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Born out of a traumatic period in her life, Australian-born, Nasvhille-based singer-songwriter Emma Swift’s second full-length release (and first album release of originals), “The Resurrection Game” is a strong selection of songs. The record follows a […]

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