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Laura Hugo “Radio” – stay tuned to this frequency

December 11, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Laura Hugo’s new single ‘Radio‘ is her first single since 2017 and comes in advance of her five song EP “Where We Go To Grieve” which will be released early next year.  ‘Radio‘ is a poignant […]

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Jeffrey Martin “Out On The Weekend” – visiting with Neil

December 10, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Now, we know what you’re wondering – why would master song smith Jeffrey Martin be recording a Neil Young song ?  Well, let Jeffrey Martin explain, nay, justify himself: “I’m really drawn to his notion that […]

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Mia Kelly “Blind Horse” – hey, aren’t you the lucky one?

December 9, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

On her latest single award-winning singer-songwriter Mia Kelly, from Gatineau, Quebec, takes a critical eye to the structures that shape our lives.  The rules and the regulations, the societal preferences and conventions, and finds that they […]

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Eric Bibb “If You’re Free” – freedom is never free

December 8, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

The latest single from Eric Bibb is the third taster from his new album “One Mississippi“, and finds the three time-Grammy nominated singer questioning what it is to be free.  From the basics of being free […]

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Something for the weekend: Joy Oladokun feat. Sheryl Crow “I’d Miss the Birds”

December 5, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you’re an AUK supporter, your monthly newsletter will be with you at 5pm with our exclusive end of year best of 2025 playlist which we […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Live Review: Love With Johnny Echols, The Stables, Wavendon – 31st July 2024

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Is this Love that we’re seeing?  Well, since the band on stage tonight started touring behind Arthur Lee, firstly under their own name of Baby Lemonade and later on as Love, and since the five-piece now […]

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Here’s the video premiere of the latest single from Andrea Colburn and Kyle ‘Mud’ Moseley, also known as songwriting and performing partnership Andrea & Mud.  With a flavour of spaghetti western, ‘Welcome to Blue Skies’ is a […]

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