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Yola Carter announces Scottish dates for June

March 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Bristol Americana / country-soul songwriter Yola Carter, voted the AMA UK Artist of the Year 2017, has announced a run of Scottish tour dates. Following a year that saw the release of her debut solo EP […]
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Ryan Adams cancels UK shows next month

March 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Like a roller coaster ride, no sooner are they announced – we’ve just had this note through: “Due to an unforeseen personnel change, Ryan Adams has been forced to cancel his April UK trip – including […]
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Ryan Adams announces more UK dates

March 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
And some European ones. On this provincial day for the UK, NME report: “Ryan Adams has added more dates in the UK and Europe to his upcoming 2017 ‘Prisoner’ tour. Full dates and ticket details are below. […]
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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Courtney Marie Andrews cover Nina Simone – Listen

March 28, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
This is lovely if you have four minutes to spare.  Consequence of Sound report: “After political happenings Friday handed 45 the second major loss of his two-month-old presidency, it feels like a good time to be […]
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Tim O’Brien announces new album, UK dates

March 28, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1
Grammy winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien has announced a new album “Where the River Meets the Road” which will be released in the UK on 12th May.  The album features songs from his native West Virginia, […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 country-soul songs

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As a teenager, I would have been very sniffy about both country and soul music. However, years have made me wiser, and I now fully appreciate them both. Country-soul is a great hybrid, with soul lending […]
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Hadnot Creek “The End of the Road”

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Late beginnings, hard-earned wisdom and songs that find grace amid life’s darker corners. Robert Sawrey’s story inevitably shapes the way The End of the Road is heard. Recording under the name Hadnot Creek, he only began […]
The Truffle Boys live at the Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham - 21st July 2026
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Live Review: The Truffle Valley Boys, The Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham – 21st July 2026

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There is a particular kind of pleasure in listening to crackly vinyl, hearing the ghosts of bluegrass and honky-tonk pioneers through layers of hiss and surface noise. But those records can sometimes leave you wondering what […]

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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

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Video: Whitewater Ramble “Hollow”

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The new single from Whitewater Ramble is accompanied by an imaginative video that tells the tale of a crime of passion with a cleverly chopped-up chronology.  The lyrics tell of, “…a grave dug out in the […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Elvis Costello “Night Rally”

May 1, 2020 0
This week sees the 75th anniversary of the fall of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and, since nobody likes a fascist dictator, we thought that we would nod to it here.
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AUK’s EP Round-Up – November 2023

November 24, 2023 0
It’s that time again and here’s a round-up of this month’s EP releases. We’ve had a lot of submissions recently (because it’s not long to Christmas?) so there is no time or space to analyse each […]

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