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Ledfoot “Plain Simple Honesty”

July 9, 2025 Andy Short 0

Ledfoot returns with plain, simple honesty and some terrific guitar playing. Looking for some plain, simple honesty? This latest record from Norway-based singer-songwriter will certainly tick the right boxes. It is a collection for our times, […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Mark Knopfler

June 25, 2025 Tim Martin 1

I came fairly late to Mark Knopfler’s solo albums. In fact, I didn’t investigate them deeply until I reviewed “One Deep River”  for AUK. Since scoring that 9 out of 10, I’ve examined some of his other post-Dire […]

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Mark Knopfler releases digital deluxe version of “One Deep River”

August 14, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

A digital deluxe version of Mark Knopfler’s tenth album “One Deep River” has been released on 12th August 2024 on the British Grove label via EMI, making all 21 of the songs from the One Deep […]

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Ruth Moody “Wanderer”

May 14, 2024 Viv Fish 2

For the listeners, the lovers, the dreamers, and all those who wander. It’s not every day that an album sweeps you off your feet and hits the spot on first listening. Nor does every album have […]

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Mark Knopfler “One Deep River”

April 16, 2024 Tim Martin 2

Another superbly crafted album, from one of the finest songwriters of our time. From the first bars of ‘Two Pairs of Hands’ this could only be Mark Knopfler. That signature lead guitar line over a chugging […]

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  • Jesper Lindell shares the address for his new album for 2026
  • Live Review: Hannah Aldridge + Jason Charles Miller, Cart and Horses, Stratford, London – 25th November 2025
  • Fairport Convention announce acts for 2026 Cropredy festival
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Jerry Jeff Walker “Mr Bojangles”
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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 0

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

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Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

December 9, 2025 0

While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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