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[ October 1, 2026 ] Essentials: The Top Ten Songs That Name-Drop Other Artists: AUK Readers’ Choice Essentials
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[ October 1, 2026 ] Live Review: Petunia (solo without The Vipers), The Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham – 24th September 2026 Live Reviews
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Janet Batch “Got No Idea” – will you tell me why?

October 12, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Janet Batch has man troubles – and not even the good sort. As she explains “I get up at six and I work ’til six at night and all you do is bitch if your dinner […]

Track Premiere: Kiely Connell “Blues That Really Burn”

October 12, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Kiely Connell is preparing to release her debut LP, ‘Calumet Queen’, a ten-track collection that combines breezy indie-folk with heavy swamp rock & roadhouse country twang. Today’s song ‘Blues That Really Burn’ is one of the […]

Rhona Macfarlane “No Rain” – why are feelings so difficult?

October 11, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Staring in folk and going on to visit chamber-folk and folk-rock, Rhona Macfarlane’s new single ‘No Rain‘ is a beautifully constructed song pondering the difficulties of expressing emotions and sharing deeper feelings. Whilst the internal voice […]

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss “High And Lonesome” – Listen

October 8, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1

You know the back story to this one – Plant and Krauss recorded one of the best selling Americana albums ‘Raising Sand‘ and at long last they’ve recorded another album destined to be one of the […]

Micki Balder “A Feeling I Once Knew” – waiting for a great leap forward

October 8, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Micki Balder has been a lindy hopper and a lifelong dabbler in music – but it wasn’t until 2018 that she developed a more solid association with song. It was when a friendship’s moment of truth […]

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

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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 […]