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Jesca Hoop returns with self produced album and UK tour

February 5, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
Jesca Hoop has announced her new album Long Wave Home, and it’s due out on 1st May via Last Laugh / Republic Of Music. To accompany the announcement, Hoop has shared the album’s first single, Designer […]
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Here are the americana and country winners from the 2026 GRAMMYS

February 3, 2026 Mark Whitfield 1
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 48 hours you’ll have seen the extensive coverage of this year’s GRAMMYS which featured the usual array of costumes, curveballs and a healthy-dose of ICE bashing […]
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Soulful Joyann Parker to release her fourth album at the end of March

February 2, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Midwest singer-songwriter Joyann Parker will be releasing her latest album “Life Lines” on 27th March 2026.  Blessed with a strong expressive voice in a blues / R&B vein, Parker’s previous albums have achieved some success reaching […]
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Cambridge Folk Festival announces second tranche of acts as well as day splits

January 30, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
More exciting names have been announced for Cambridge Folk Festival weekend, Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd August at Cherry Hinton Hall, completing a dazzling and diverse line-up for this year’s event. Second-release tickets go on sale […]
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Latest Podcast now live featuring Wesley Stace

January 30, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 1
This week’s podcast features man of letters Wesley Stace ahead of his three dates next week in a wide-ranging chat about writing, performing, and ultimately being true to one’s name. There are also tracks from The […]

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

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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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  • Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland + Colin Andrew, The Adrian Flux Waterfront, Norwich – 13th May 2026
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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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Interview: Cory Hanson on writing songs about all kinds of people

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Cory Hanson writes songs …. a lot of songs, ten albums in eleven years’ worth of songs divided between the band he fronts, Wand, the Cory Hanson Band and his solo act. Asked if he is […]
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Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields “I Remember You”

May 23, 2024 0
Talented Antipodean individuals with an impressive coming together. Occasionally, two voices meld together into an almost imperceptible whole, a unison demonstrating a natural chemistry. The combination of Matt Joe Gow and Kerryn Fields, the coming together […]
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Video: Dean Owens “We Need Us”

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Dean Owens has released a new single to show support and solidarity with the dispossessed and displaced people of Ukraine.  The world has been left reeling by recent events but, in the face of a humanitarian […]

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