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Live review: Jesse Malin + Aaron Lee Tasjan, Islington Assembly Hall – 1st May 2025

May 8, 2025 Martin Fisher 3
In May 2023, Jesse Malin was hit by a rare spinal cord stroke condition that effectively left him paralysed from the waist down. Told by many a doctor it was very unlikely he would walk again, […]
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Richard Thompson: The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden – 25th April 2025

April 30, 2025 Jonathan Aird 1
There are gigs, and then there are memorable gigs. And then there are surprise gigs – and this was one such, being found after a casual search to see what was on at Harpenden Public Halls, […]
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Live Review: Jerry Leger @ Sounds In The Suburbs, Partickhill Bowling Club Glasgow – 13th April 2025

April 23, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Canada’s Jerry Leger is a fine example of an artist who has built his reputation here in the UK with regular touring, either solo or with his band The Situation. Tonight was the fourth time your […]
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Live Review: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls + Lucy Grubb + Amigo The Devil, UEA, Norwich – 12th April 2025

April 23, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1
Few acts can command the fervent live following that Frank Turner can.  With a relentless touring schedule that recently saw Turner celebrate his 3,000th solo gig, he has steadily grown a huge and passionate fan-base, many […]
Stephanie Lambring live at The Lounge, The Crescent Hotel, Scarborough - 10th April 2025
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Live Review: Stephanie Lambring, The Lounge, The Crescent Hotel, Scarborough – 10th April 2025

April 22, 2025 Graeme Tait 2
Tonight’s concert provided me with a couple of personal firsts, starting with the two-and-a-half-hour journey north from my hometown of Lincoln, which brought me, for the first time, to the historic seaside town of Scarborough. Situated […]

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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 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: 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

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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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“Got to make it day to night in El Paso / I’m going there as fast as I can go / I’ll take the road anyday / ‘Cause that’s the kind of life I’ve made / […]
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Peter Deaves “Ceol Agus Grá”

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A capable songwriter and musician courting praise from many quarters. Peter Deaves has swapped Liverpool for a more bohemian lifestyle in Fontainebleau. The years in Paris have been spent organising and performing at live music events. […]
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Video Premiere: Deb Morrison “The North Fork”

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Check out the premiere of the excellent new single from singer-songwriter Deb Morrison.  ‘The North fork’ has an engaging rhythmic groove and melodic guitar, over which Morrison’s tuneful voice is delivered with wistful character.  The song […]

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