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More People Really Should Know About: Rachel Brown and the Beatnik Playboys

June 11, 2024 FredArnold 1
If you clicked arbitrarily to play a Rachel Brown track, you might think she is too country; if you clicked on another, you might think she is too jazz. The fact is Rachel Brown covers all […]
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More People Should Really Know About: John Kilzer

May 29, 2024 Jonathan Aird 6
Some songs get their hooks into you, and that’s true of John Kilzer’s ‘Sleeping in the Rain‘, an unfolding set of stories about addictions and a glance at the back stories that each substance abuser proffers […]
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More People Should Really Know About: Daniel Tashian

May 21, 2024 Paul Russell 0
If ever there’s an artist who fits the bill for this feature it’s Daniel Tashian. He’s the go-to songwriter, he’s a top producer, a multi-award winner, as well as being a brilliant solo artist and band […]
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More People Should Really Know About: Adam Klein

May 14, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 1
Adam Klein is based in Atlanta, Georgia, having gravitated there from the nearby town of Athens. In the early part of this century, Klein spent a couple of years volunteering with the Peace Corps in West […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Katie Powderly

May 7, 2024 Graeme Tait 0
Hailing from Madison, Wisconsin, Katie Powderly is an award winning songwriter whose recording career began well over a decade ago and who has shared bills with such luminaries of the Americana Music genre as Tony Rice, […]

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Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Oh, The Joy of Life!”

May 29, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this sweltering week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Drew Danburry’s Icarus Phoenix outfit which he describes as “an upbeat fiendishly danceable song about […]
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Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026

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When Kiefer Sutherland strode onto the stage at Norwich’s Adrian Flux Waterfront, the response from the packed crowd was immediate and thunderous. There was no slow build into the evening: Sutherland and his outstanding band launched […]
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Jim Keller releases first ever European vinyl retrospective called “Vinylly!”

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You see what he did there? Multi-talented singer, songwriter, and musician Jim Keller is to release Vinylly!, a collection of 14 of his finest songs from the last 15 years, and his first-ever European vinyl release. […]

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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

May 29, 2026 0
To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

May 27, 2026 0
If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]
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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3
Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

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Video Interview: Oliver Wood on “Fat Cat Silhouette”

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You don’t have to know what you want to do only what you don’t want to do. The Wood Brothers have built their audience and reputation the traditional way by road work and regularly releasing albums […]
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Sam Salmon & the Grand Manan Bandits “Down for Life”

December 8, 2025 0
An unexpected foray into americana yields classic sounds with a fresh twist. Music’s winding road sometimes takes unforeseen turns. Sam Salmon & the Grand Manan Bandits is one of those projects that seemingly appear out of […]
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Love – is it all there is?

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You know by now that we never miss a chance to have a themed Track special if we possibly can, and what could be more special than Valentine’s Day with all that it entails?  It offers […]

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