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Teddy Thompson announces country covers album

June 28, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

Teddy Thompson has announced details of his eighth studio album, ‘My Love Of Country’, which will be released August 18th 2023. True to its title, Thompson offers personal readings of ten classic country songs by songwriters […]

From the AUK archives, 2017: Jeremy Hunt: Jason Isbell is “a bit anodyne”

June 23, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

Robert Peston has written a piece for today’s New Statesman in which both he and Jeremy Hunt manage to insult Jason Isbell in the space of one paragraph: The more worrying thing of course would have […]

Old Crow Medicine Show announce new album “Jubilee”

June 22, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Watch the video for the first single below. Old Crow Medicine Show, or OCMS if you’re in a hurry, have announced the release of their new album ‘Jubilee’ which lands in the UK on 25th August […]

Taylor Swift announces The Eras Tour UK dates for 2024

June 21, 2023 Mark Whitfield 2

We have featured Taylor Swift around these parts from time to time in recent years due to her original country leanings which morphed for some recent albums into the kind of indie-folk we often kill for […]

Alabama 3 announce new album “Cold War Classics Vol.2”, UK dates

June 19, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Alabama 3, the legendary band from Brixton, South London are back with a brand-new track from their forthcoming 14th studio album ‘Cold War Classics Vol.2′ which is the follow-up to their 2021 album ‘Step 13’. ‘Thank […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
By Ian C Rothery , 8 hours ago
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 5 days ago
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Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
By fredhead , 6 days ago
RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 1 week ago
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
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Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
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XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]