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Lucinda Williams returns to the UK & Ireland for 2026 tour

June 11, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0
Lucinda Williams has announced nine dates for next January and February including a show at London’s Barbican. It’s her first UK dates since she played the Indigo at the 02 in 2024. Spending much of this […]
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Josh Ritter announces new album “I Believe In You, My Honeydew”

June 11, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1
AUK favourite songwriter, musician, artist and best-selling author Josh Ritter will release his new album “I Believe In You, My Honeydew” on September 12th via Thirty Tigers, and he’s released the first track from it ‘You […]
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Scottish singer-songwriter James Yorkston has announced his latest album, “Songs for Nina and Johanna”, will be released via Domino on 22nd August 2025. The album is his sixteenth on Domino and his third to be recorded […]
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Sunny Sweeney makes the summer sunnier with release of “Rhinestone Requiem”

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Sunny Sweeney, the irrepressible country artist and host of SiriusXM’s Sunny Side Up (Willie’s Roadhouse) and Sunny Side of Life (Outlaw Country), is set to release her new album, “Rhinestone Requiem”, on 1st August 2025 via […]
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Ron Sexsmith wakes up to new record “Hangover Terrace”

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Singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith has announced the release of his latest album, “Hangover Terrace”, which will be available on 29th August 2025 on all digital platforms, limited edition turquoise vinyl and a limited-edition CD in a cardboard […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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