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AUK’s Top 10 EPs of 2025

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So here we are, dear readers, at that point in the year where we take a look back over the preceding months and marvel at the myriad of wonderful music that has adorned these articles. Of […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 192 “New Van”

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Ever since this column began, I have, on occasion, bored you, dear reader, with my tales from the road as I’ve driven round the UK and Europe in our brilliant van, Pierre, so named because he […]
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AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – July 2025

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Welcome to July’s ‘Monthly EPs Round-Up’ article, where we run the rule over this month’s new releases covering all corners of the americana music genre. As I scan across the fields of my home county of […]

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Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

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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 […]
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Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

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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, […]
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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 […]

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

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Live Review: Martha Fields & Band, La Rhue, Jumilhac le Grand, Northern Dordogne, France – 3rd September 2022

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La Rhue is, probably, the best live music location around here. Run by a Dutch couple, it’s an old stone barn, converted into a restaurant, bar and live music venue and it has a particularly eclectic […]
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When I was involved in setting up the UK Country Music Association, which aims to amplify the voice of our domestic scene, I got to know Geoff Meads, who designed a stellar website for the UK-CMA. […]

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