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[ May 15, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime” Tracks
[ May 15, 2026 ] Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty” Album Reviews
[ May 15, 2026 ] Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community” Book Reviews
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Loose add another star to their roster as Alela Diane announces a new album

February 23, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Acclaimed Portland-based singer-songwriter Alela Diane will return with Who’s Keeping Time? on May 22nd via Loose Music/Fluff & Gravy. It serves as the seventh instalment in one of contemporary folk’s most quietly extraordinary careers. On the […]

Charley Crockett makes it a hat trick of albums in a year with “Age of the Ram”

February 20, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Charley Crockett has announced the release of Age Of The Ram, which will come out on April 3rd and marks his third album in a year and his third full-length LP with GRAMMY® Award-winning co-producer Shooter […]

The latest AUK podcast is available now featuring Katherine Priddy and Band of Heathens

February 20, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Another busy week for Keith as he chats to the wonderful Katherine Priddy on the eve of the release of her new album These Frightening Machines and to Gordy Quist and Ed Jurdi from Band of […]

Mapache’s Sam Blasucci unveils motherlode of tracks on new LP and EP

February 19, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Ojai, CA-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Sam Blasucci has announced his fourth record and first double LP, Physical Dream, is due out April 17th. In addition to the LP, Blasucci will release an EP later this […]

7 Hills heads to the Old Town Great Hall, Trowbridge this March for one day festival

February 18, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

The 7 Hills Spring Festival will take place as the inaugural event for the Trowbridge Old Town Hall’s Great Hall on the 21st March, following an extensive and transformative refurbishment. The historic Old Town Hall will […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
By Ian C Rothery , 10 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...
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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
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
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
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
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 […]