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More People Really Should Know About: Ryan Bingham

December 10, 2024 Chas Lacey 3
“What’s this?” I hear the well-informed readers of AMA UK say, “a feature saying More People Should Really Know About …. Ryan Bingham”. Really? Well yes, because despite holding multiple awards and his many TV and […]
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More People Should Really Know About: Denitia

December 3, 2024 Dean Nardi 0
Filled to the brim with relentless positivity. Denitia (Odigie) thought about making a record that goes back to the music she heard at home, capturing the place within the songs. Growing up, she was engulfed by […]
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More People Really Should Know About: The Greatest Endangered Thing

November 26, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 0
The Greatest Endangered Thing is a British-American indie folk band formed by Samuel James Taylor and Rebecca Van Cleave. While not strangers to these pages, having had both their EPs reviewed as well as Taylor’s solo […]
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More People Should Really Know About: Perry Keyes

November 19, 2024 Guy Lincoln 1
Australia has long presented as a prevailing outpost of Americana. From 13,000 miles away the community of artists, facilitators, commentators and audience seems firmly established, mightily enthusiastic and inherently creative. At AUK we have given our […]
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More People Should Really Know About: Bob Sumner

November 5, 2024 Dean Nardi 0
Drop the needle on the record and don’t skip any songs. Bob Sumner may have gone solo but he craves companionship, whether in relationships, buddies, songs or beers. It’s all there for anyone to see on […]

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American Aquarium’s new album, New Ways to Lose, will be released on 26th June 2026 via Losing Side Records/Thirty Tigers. After an extensive North American tour, the band will be returning to Europe for dates in […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]
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Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

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With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]

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From the first fluttering notes of guitar at the beginning of ‘Columbus & 89th’, we are immediately drawn into the simple beauty of the song.  Gorgeously-produced, the latest single from Sarah Jarosz is full of warmth […]
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Here is an astonishing album, musically and harmoniously spot on, that sweeps you up and teaches you a thing or two about people, places and events, leaving you with a sense of wonder. To encourage you, […]

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