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Artwork for Jake Swamp and The Pine's EP "Outside the Studio"

Jake Swamp and The Pine “Outside the Studio”

May 12, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

Jake Swamp and The Pine recorded a socially distanced EP outdoors to keep up the momentum of creating their stripped-down, heartfelt acoustic music. Americana-folk duo Drew Zieff (vocals, guitar) and Stuart Babcock (mandolin, harmonies) take their […]

artwork for Jesse Terry album "When we Wander"

Jesse Terry “When We Wander”

May 11, 2021 Viv Fish 5

A treasure chest of precious experiences. Followers of Jesse Terry have waited a long time for the release of this, his seventh album, which was recorded in 2019 and primed for release in Spring 2020. With […]

M. Cambridge “Land Songs: The Ballad of Sok le Boy”

May 11, 2021 Clint West 0

Belfast songwriter, inspired by an old map, comes up with cracking little EP. M. Cambridge is the side project of Mark McCambridge of highly regarded Belfast act Arborist. ‘Land Songs: The Ballad of Sok le Boy’ […]

The Accidentals “Time Out (Session 1)”

May 10, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0

Am enriching collection of laid back, acoustic(ish) folksy ballads. Okay. Five tracks only here, so they need to be ‘bangers’ (in clumsy misuse of the term) to make it count. Well, The Accidentals have certainly teamed […]

Suitcase Sam “Goodnight Riverdale Park”

May 10, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

Stylised debut album with signs of promise. Suitcase Sam, also known as Leon Stanislaus Czologosz was born as far as I can gather, in California, where his father was a railroad engineer (is that what we call […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists: AUK Readers’ Choice

October 1, 2026 3

An Essentials occasional one-off feature, this one responding to our readers’ input. We ran a previous Essentials list which covered the top ten songs that name-drop other artists. As the title suggests, an artist mentions another […]

Artwork for Lawrence Rothman album Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust "

Lawrence Rothman “Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust”

October 1, 2026 0

Powerful confessional lyrics drive Lawrence Rothman’s journey to the dark side of Americana. For their fifth album, Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust, Lawrence Rothman has brought an ‘A‘ list of collaborators, including Madi Diaz, […]

Petunia live at the Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham - 24th September 2026

Live Review: Petunia (solo without The Vipers), The Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham – 24th September 2026

October 1, 2026 0

The Kitchen Garden Café in King’s Heath, Birmingham, makes you glad people still believe in putting good music in small rooms. Attached to a restaurant and garden centre by day, it becomes an intimate music venue […]