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[ February 24, 2026 ] LA singer-songwriter Paula Fong announces new album and London showcase News
[ February 24, 2026 ] Pert Near Sandstone “Side by Side” Album Reviews
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[ February 24, 2026 ] The Lowest Pair “Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be” Album Reviews
[ February 24, 2026 ] AUK Mini-Gig: Wes Collins AUK Mini-Gigs

Folk Roundup – Nuala Kennedy, Joel Paterson, Rachael Kilgour, Rupert Wates, McDermott & North, Kim Moberg

September 7, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s the latest in Americana UK’s roundup reviews – you’ve been thrilling to Bluegrass Briefs, and you’ve also thrilled to AUK Shortcuts and now, at last, you can get all fired up with excitement for Folk […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 110

September 1, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Live music is the tonic we all need. Following my thoughts on post-pandemic life and the Edinburgh Festival last week, I attended what was possibly the most life-affirming gig I have been to in a long, […]

View from Across La Manche #17

September 1, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

New Orleans comes to the Perigord. Not to put too fine a point on things, it has been warm. We haven’t had any wildfires or any of the intense heat other parts of Europe have had […]

AUK shortcuts August 2023: Christian Parker, Davie Knowles, Dan Blakeslee, Shannon Clark and the Sugar, Crowes Pasture, Eric Long, William John Titus Bishop, Chris Murphy, The Family Wash, Paul J. Bolger and Richard Townend And The Mighty Bosscats

August 31, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 109

August 25, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Crazy, crazy town. Everyone should go. Remember lockdown? The reason this column started. I was teaching in my shed. March 2020 – March 2021 with some occasional relaxations. Something that we cannot forget yet find it […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch
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RE: The Paper Kites
Glad you enjoyed it Phil, they're a great band :)
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The Paper Kites
I have this site to thank for switching on to The Paper...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Toots & the Maytals - In the DarK
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Drive-By Truckers - Gangstabilly
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Miles recorded a version of Crosby’s “Guinnevere”. &n...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Megan Mornoney's third full length album Cloud Nine and...
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RE: My Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2025
I’ve been working on an expanded version of this list t...
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RE: My Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2025
Thanks but I purposely never use words like be...
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Interviews

Interview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return

February 23, 2026 0

Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]

Interviews

Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

February 18, 2026 0

The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It is not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

February 17, 2026 0

Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

Album Reviews

Caroline Spence “Heart Go Wild”

September 25, 2025 0

Another exceedingly classy album from the marvellous Caroline Spence. Caroline Spence may not be a household name, but, for those in the know, a new album is always cause for celebration. Spence was featured in these […]

Features

Songs for the apocalypse: The Low Anthem “To Ohio”

June 19, 2019 1

It was about 10 years ago that I first came across Rhode Island’s Low Anthem in a soggy field (well, garden) in Wiltshire when they played one of their famous End of the Road performances, and […]

Tracks

Laura Quirke & Joshua Burnside “Far Away The Hills Are Green” – Listen

June 28, 2021 0

The second – and last for 2021 – single from Laura Quirke (of Lemoncello) and Joshua Burnside is a fragile semi-asleep reflection of a song. It takes, says Joshua Burnside, the viewpoint of a young Irish […]