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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 […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 109

August 18, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
Have I made the right decision … For the first year in a long, long time (pandemic notwithstanding) I will not be attending the End of the Road festival. It has been a regular feature of […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 108

August 11, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
Heading to Scotland to avoid the rain… Having bailed on France, as described last week, your correspondent is in the throws of preparing to drive to Edinburgh to the Fringe. The beautiful Mrs H is singing […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 107

August 4, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
First world problems … As mentioned last week I am currently on hols in France. It has pissed down most of the time. It’s all very well reading, drinking and eating but occasionally you have to […]
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AUK Shortcuts July 2023 : Bells Larsen, Payson Lyon, Alex Seel, Todd Deatherage, David C. Warren, Abi Moore, Errant Thieves and The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio

July 31, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
Our latest Short Cuts, an occasional 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 […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

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Before you shout at me remember this is supposed to be fun…. I have opened up and bared my soul on a couple of occasions about my past as a teenage rocker in the 1970s, with […]
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Ed Askew “The Final Painting”

July 23, 2026 0
Profound, moving and beautiful reveries on posthumous release from ‘Outsider Folk’ poet. Ed Askew was a New York artist, poet, songwriter and genuine underground legend. Having first broken through with his self-titled album in 1968 (subsequently […]
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Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”

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Posthumous tribute to impressive solo career of former Bad Seeds member. For Nick Cave’s many devoted followers, this anthology of the solo work of Conway Savage is likely to be a must-have addition to their collection. […]

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  • Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”
  • Star studded Felice Brothers tribute album to arrive in October
  • Buddy Miller returns with star-spangled first album in 15 years
  • Evan Honer “If You Wanna Know” – I’d wait for you
  • Video: Mason Jennings “If” – the power of hope and love in the human heart
  • Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!
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Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
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Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]
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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

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Knight & Spiers “The Cuckoo” – Listen

March 19, 2018 0
A set of tunes from Peter Knight and John Spiers based around the traditional songs and tunes  ‘The Cuckoo song / The Cuckoo’s Nest / The Cuckoo’s Nest (Longborough Morris)’.  It’s a masterly medley that moves […]
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Video Premiere: Ward Hayden & The Outliers “Youngstown”

May 27, 2025 1
Here is a powerful re-imagining of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Youngstown’ by Ward Hayden & The Outliers. This isn’t just a cover; Hayden takes a great song and fashions it into something genuinely new and brilliant in its […]
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Lake Street Dive announce new album and UK and European shows

May 22, 2024 0
Lake Street Dive, the Boston soul-flecked americana band, has announced the release of a new album ‘Good Together’ via Fantasy Records on 21st June 2024 along with a series of dates in the UK and Europe […]

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