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Live Review: Ann Liu Cannon + Esme White, The Lexington, London – 11th July 2025

July 29, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
So, here we are in The Lexington with a stage decorated with tarot cards and naïve art angel dolls, and with Ann Liu Cannon who is no mean keyboard and guitar player,  who writes literate and […]

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Tim Easton “fiREHORSE”

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Almost thirty years into his solo career, Easton’s 14th studio album finds him burning as bright as ever. This Chinese year, 2026, brings forth the year of the Fire Horse, for the first time in sixty […]
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Peter Bruntnell heads out on the road again – solo, trio and full band!

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AUK favourite and regular poll winner Peter Bruntnell has announced a series of UK dates to see in the Spring Equinox. Some dates will be full band, some a trio, and some solo. The full band […]
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Blessing Jolie “Software Developer” – is it time for the problem and query review panel?

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Nigerian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist Blessing Jolie asks a question in today’s track feature that we never really expected to hear.  Yet here it is – a singer-songwriter asking themselves whether instead of being a troubadour they […]

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Interview: Lady Nade on being involved in a Netflix drama, inspiration, identity and mental health in music

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Runner-up in our readers’ poll for Best UK Artist in 2025, Lady Nade has steadily built a reputation as one of the most distinctive and emotionally resonant voices in UK roots music. Blending jazz, Americana, folk, […]
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Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

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I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]
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Interview: Hal Cannon on cowboy poetry, songs and folklore

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For Hal Cannon, life should be very simple – love the place you live, love the ones you know, if you’re needy, why not give, then see if you’re still low. Words to live by, extracted […]

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