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Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring exclusive Boia Festival line up news from organiser Steve Prior

April 10, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

This week sees festival fever hit the Podcast with two examples to the fore and one to finish the show. First up, Keith chats to Steve Prior about the gorgeous and elemental Boia Festival in St […]

Bill Ryder Jones announces shows with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic to celebrate 15 years of “If…”

March 31, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Bill Ryder-Jones has announced special London and Liverpool anniversary shows for November. It will be 15 years to the day, and four albums on since its release as Ryder-Jones rejoins with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, […]

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Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring exclusive Boia Festival line up news from organiser Steve Prior

Bill Ryder Jones announces shows with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic to celebrate 15 years of “If…”

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

Classic Clips: Albert Lee “Country Boy” Live on BBC Radio 2’s ‘Weekend Wogan’ – 28th March 2010

Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!