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Live Review: John Smith + Katie Spencer, St Stephen’s Church, Ipswich – 31st October 2025

November 12, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
When John Smith took to the stage at St Stephen’s Church in Ipswich, the atmosphere shifted from reverent silence to quiet anticipation. With just his voice and guitar, under the glittering fairy lights that illuminated the […]
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Live Review: Suzanne Vega + Katherine Priddy, Royal Albert Hall, London – 3rd Nov 2025

November 11, 2025 Martin Fisher 0
It was no great surprise (and gladly so) to see Suzanne Vega performing here in the UK. At a guess, the New York-based singer-songwriter has regularly toured these shores at a rate of perhaps once in […]
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Live Review: Patterson Hood, The Union Chapel, Islington, London – 27th October 2025

November 10, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 1
On the Union Chapel’s stage are a wooden chair, an acoustic guitar and an upright piano. At 8.15 pm, the amiable Patterson Hood ambles on stage and sits on the chair. He’s followed by his Drive […]
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Live Review: Take Root Festival 2025, De Oosterpoort Groningen – 1st November 2025

November 10, 2025 NickBarber 1
Long a mainstay of the European americana festival scene, once again, Take Root Festival took over the six stages of the De Oosterpoort complex in Groningen, the Netherlands. The building itself is a multi-room/multi-space cultural centre […]
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Live Review: Frazey Ford + Phantom, La Maroquinerie, Paris – 30th October 2025

November 7, 2025 Brian Hancill 0
If I ever begin to doubt that great live music can lift my mood and make the world seem a better place, I will think back to this marvellous show. It was the perfect illustration. During […]

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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

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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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Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

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A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

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This song is on Sheryl Crow’s Wildflower album, released in 2005 to lukewarm critical response. It was a low-key collection of songs – no All I Wanna Do or Soak Up the Sun among them – […]

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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 2
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: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

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Silver Lining “Your Everything” – Nordicana Perfection (yet again!)

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So, the PR for this one arrives with the suggestion “RIYL: Darling West, The Northern Belle, Malin Peterssen, Erin Rae, Courtney Marie Andrews“, and we do and we do and we do and we do and then […]
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Video: Nathaniel Rateliff “Redemption”

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Nathaniel Rateliff’s ‘Redemption’ was originally written for the Apple Original film ‘Palmer’, now streaming worldwide on Apple TV+.  The movie follows the hopeful story of an ex-convict who forms an unlikely bond with a boy from […]
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Video: Andy Shauf “Quite Like You”

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