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Various Artists “Sounds of the North West”

June 29, 2023 Helen Jones 2
A compilation that shines a deserving spotlight on some great emerging and more established talent from the North West of England. There is, it has been noticed, a high volume of AUK writers from the North […]
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Video: John Jenkins “Christopher Roberts”

May 17, 2023 Andrew Frolish 2
Check out the latest single from Liverpool singer-songwriter John Jenkins.  Runner-up in the Americana UK ‘Emerging Artist’ category back in 2021, Jenkins is a talented writer, whose thoughtful lyrics and reflective songs draw the listener in.  […]
Live Reviews

Live review: John Jenkins – The Bell, Bath, 23rd August 2021

September 1, 2021 Tim Martin 1
The Bell in Walcot Street has been one of the key venues in Bath for more than 40 years. It restarted live music in July and tonight it hosted John Jenkins, on tour to promote his […]
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Video Premiere: John Jenkins and Alison Benson “Strangers on a Train”

August 12, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
John Jenkins and Alison Benson both possess warm, resonant voices that carry depth, texture and emotion seemingly effortlessly.  Their voices are perfectly matched and perfectly suited to a song full of weariness and a strong sense […]
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John Jenkins “If You Can’t Forgive You Can’t Love”

July 28, 2021 Tim Martin 0
A varied collection of strong songs that repays repeated plays. After being involved with Liverpool bands The Persuaders and Come in Tokio in the 80s, John Jenkins reappeared in 2015. He says of the shift from […]

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Something for the weekend: Starpainter “I Found a River”

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Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new video for a new song by Alberta-based sextet Starpainter which YES I KNOW we ran last week, but Jon […]
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Kris Drever “Doing This For Love”

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Meditations on the unglamorous, but with melodic hooks, from Scottish folk-award winner Anyone coming to this album for their first experience of Kris Drever may well be expecting something fairly traditional in light of his many […]
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Classic Clips: Jesse Colin Young “Darkness Darkness” – All Star Jam, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, 1984

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Jesse Colin Young passed away just over a year ago, on the 16th of March, at the age of eighty-three. Born Perry Miller and raised in Queens, New York, to musical parents, Young initially found fame […]

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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]
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Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

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With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]

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