Cory Hanson

Cory Hanson is back and loving the people – praise be!

May 15, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Like a sweet spring breeze after a long, cruel winter, Wand frontman and purveyor of exquisite Cosmic Americana Cory Hanson has announced his fourth solo album, “I Love People“, will be released on Drag City on […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 184 “Everybody counts”

May 9, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 3

I have found myself increasingly depressed by the constant appearance of lifestyle choices and holiday adverts in the press and social media at the moment when that same press and social media seem to willingly ignore […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 173 – “Friends Reunited”

February 10, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 1

Every year we have an AUK Writers weekend which our editor Mark referred to in his final piece of the week before last. In the end there were no arguments about banjos but a jolly time […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 110

September 1, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Live music is the tonic we all need. Following my thoughts on post-pandemic life and the Edinburgh Festival last week, I attended what was possibly the most life-affirming gig I have been to in a long, […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 108

August 11, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Heading to Scotland to avoid the rain… Having bailed on France, as described last week, your correspondent is in the throws of preparing to drive to Edinburgh to the Fringe. The beautiful Mrs H is singing […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers