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Austin Lucas “Just A Girl” – covering with a reason

October 31, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
On this latest release from Austin Lucas we find that this cover of No Doubt’s song “Just A Girl” is by way of carrying a message – and since it’s quite an important one we’re going […]
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Dori Freeman “Movie Screen” – Saturday night at the movies….

October 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
On this third single from Dori Freeman’s fifth album ‘Do You Recall‘ (which will be released on November 17th), Freeman alludes to the escapist possibilities of the art form, singing “Well I go to the movies […]
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Something for the weekend: Billy Bragg “California Stars” (Live October / November 1998)

October 27, 2023 Mark Whitfield 3
Well that’s it for another week and we leave you dear reader with a track from a new collection out today, Billy Bragg’s ‘The Roaring Forty’ which nobody sent us for review sadly (damn you Cooking […]
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Track Premiere: Scott Whiddon “Maybe That’s Enough For Now”

October 27, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Scott Whiddon is a writer, teacher and musician residing in Lexington.  His second album ‘The Best of Intentions’ is due to be released on Friday, November 3rd and this is the second single taken from it.  […]
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Track Premiere: Ed Snodderly with Van Plating “Better Just Ride The Mule”

October 26, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Following hard on the heels of Ed Snodderly‘s latest album ‘Chimney Smoke‘ comes this stripped down version of the album’s lead off song (which by coincidence we also premiered back in June).  On this new version […]

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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Adam Klein with Adam Poulin “Live at Leesta Vall Sound Recordings”

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Intimate, personal songs, recorded live and elevated by expressive fiddle playing. Adam Klein’s Live at Leesta Vall Sound Recordings originates from a raw, intimate 2019 in‑studio session with violinist Adam Poulin, recorded at Leesta Vall in […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Blue Water Highway

April 28, 2026 0
Blue Water Highway is an Austin-based Americana/folk rock band. Their signature is considered songwriting across a variety of styles, but always melodic, with fantastic harmony singing. Musically timeless, there are elements of Laurel Canyon songwriting, focussing […]

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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0
At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]

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Joyously classic country debut sets teeth grinning. The scene is set within the opening seconds of Ben Valley’s first record – a fiddle scratches the most classic of opening notes, and then what sounds like the […]
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Video: Cooper and Davies “You And Me, Again”

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This is the new single from Shropshire duo Cooper & Davies, out now.  A beautiful and soulful song with some great harmonies, at AUK Towers we like this a lot.  More soon please.
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 54

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God I’ve missed this…. So it happened this week. My last indoor gig was on the 19th March 2020 The Felice Brothers in Cambridge. It was small, intimate and alternately heartbreaking and raucously joyous. Everything live […]

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