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Live Review: The Long Road Festival, Stanford Hall, Leicestershire – Saturday 24th August 2024

September 10, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The second day of The Long Road 2024 arrived with clouds and rain. Not, apart from 15 minutes in the afternoon, torrential, but a general swing between light and heavy drizzle. The latter tended to be […]

Preview: The Long Road Festival – 23rd-25th August 2024

August 12, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1

Following 2023’s sell-out, The Long Road festival is returning to the picturesque grounds of Stanford Hall in Leicestershire over the August bank holiday weekend (23rd-25th August). The Long Road has a track record of putting on […]

Kyshona announces new album “Legacy” – collecting stories of black America

March 7, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Nashville-based artist/music therapist/activist Kyshona releases her latest album, ‘Legacy’, on 26th April via Soundly Music. Kyshona co-produced the record with producer/engineer/mixer Rachael Moore with whom she assembled a team of engineers, musicians, singers, and featured guests […]

The Long Road Festival announces first acts for 2024

March 6, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Following 2023’s sell-out, The Long Road festival returns to the picturesque grounds of Stanford Hall in Leicestershire over the August bank holiday weekend this year from 23rd to 25th August. The festival has a track record […]

Brittney Spencer “My Stupid Life”

February 29, 2024 Helen Jones 0

Smooth vocals and slick production make for a light and easily palatable record that still offers a good level of nutrition. Brittney Spencer first came to many people’s attention when she posted a cover of The […]

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Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

March 20, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from British slacker twang quartet Brown Horse, the third and final single from their upcoming album Total Dive […]

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

March 20, 2026 1

Danny George Wilson delivers a reflective and beautifully crafted set of songs exploring loss, memory, and the difficult business of moving on. Danny George Wilson follows up the Danny & The Champions of the World album, […]

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

March 20, 2026 0

Tampa-born, New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Thomas Dollbaum has announced his new album Birds of Paradise, “a goodbye letter to lost loved ones and former selves,” which will come out on May 22 via Dear Life Records, and […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

News

AUK launches new weekly podcast

October 6, 2025 1

Featuring new tracks, news stories, and interviews – this week, Josh Rouse! If you’ve been a long-time reader of the website you’ll know about our aversion to anything more complex than a valve radio (we have […]

Album Reviews

Peach & Quiet “Just Beyond the Shine”

January 21, 2021 0

Harmony rich indie-folk from Canada with Nashville flavours. ‘Just Beyond the Shine’ is the debut album from Canadian singer-songwriter duo Peach & Quiet, based in Pender Island, British Columbia, on Canada’s west coast between Vancouver and […]

Columns

The View From Across La Manche #11 – From our own correspondent

January 31, 2023 0

Hunting the heart of winter. Bon Hiver! Though I don’t think I can see that catching on as a greeting. I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday period. Some may have noticed there was no ‘View […]

Live Review: The Long Road Festival, Stanford Hall, Leicestershire – Saturday 24th August 2024

Preview: The Long Road Festival – 23rd-25th August 2024

Kyshona announces new album “Legacy” – collecting stories of black America

The Long Road Festival announces first acts for 2024

Brittney Spencer “My Stupid Life”

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024

Jim Lauderdale “Country Super Hits Volume 2”