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Jerry Leger returns to the UK for April & May dates

February 18, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
Troubadour and AUK favourite Jerry Leger returns to the UK this April with a series of dates at some lovely locations. Promoting his latest album Wings of Desire, these shows promise to be the heady mixture […]
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Jerry Leger “Waves Of Desire”

October 23, 2025 Graeme Tait 2
A combination of memories and sublime melodies sees Leger deliver his most accessible album to date. Much has been written across the pages of AUK, in recent years, about the musical exploits of one of Canada’s […]
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Jerry Leger makes quick return with new album of new material in October

August 26, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Canadian singer-songwriter Jerry Leger has announced a brand-new studio album, “Waves Of Desire”, out October 24 via DevilDuck Records. The first single to be taken from it ‘It’s So Strange‘ is described as a song about […]
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Live Review: Jerry Leger @ Sounds In The Suburbs, Partickhill Bowling Club Glasgow – 13th April 2025

April 23, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Canada’s Jerry Leger is a fine example of an artist who has built his reputation here in the UK with regular touring, either solo or with his band The Situation. Tonight was the fourth time your […]
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Live Review: Ramblin’ Roots Revue, University of Bucks, 4th–6th April 2025 – Photo Feature

April 16, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Following on from Oliver Gray’s review of the Ramblin’ Roots Revue, AUK is happy to add this brief selection of photographs taken at the event by Paul Bevan. Featuring stage shots and some candid backstage photos […]

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True Foxes, the cousins from Cornwall, Amie Parsons on vocals and guitar and Chloe Payne on vocals and bass, were on top form at the FortyFive Vinyl Café in York. Since forming in 2019, True Foxes […]
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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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