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Oh no, I don’t recall, I can’t remember anything at all – Jon Aird’s 2025 year in review

December 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
What a year 2025 has been, musically speaking.  There’s been a lot outside of music that has been…hmm, disappointing – one way or another.  No one was really expecting the dawn of a new socialist utopia, […]
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Live Review: The Life & Songs of Martin Carthy, EartH (Theatre), London – 27th September 2025

October 8, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
A first visit to EartH, the Hackney multi-venue performance space – and specifically a gig in the EartH Theatre venue, which is a converted and restored Art Deco cinema space. This celebration of the life and […]
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Re-release Review: Martin Carthy “Martin Carthy”

February 29, 2024 Peter Thompson 2
Vinyl reissue of classic, traditional English folk album from one of the genre’s most influential musicians. This is a vinyl reissue of Martin Carthy’s debut eponymous album. The reissue is one of British folk music label […]
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Dream Team Double Header – Martin Carthy and… Toyah? It’s a Mystery.

May 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
What?  Really, Songkick, what?  Martin Carthy… on tour with Toyah?  How could that be?  The very definition of the folk singer a lifetime deep in the music and one of the contenders for a pixie-princess of […]
Album Reviews

Angeline Morrison “The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs Of Black British Experience”

September 30, 2022 Paul Kerr 2
An important, essential folk album which casts light on the hidden history of black people in these sceptred /blighted isles. On the face of it, ‘The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs Of Black British Experience’ is an […]

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With springtime now upon us, it is time to delve into some of the recent folk and roots music embracing these warmer, albeit not always drier, times. A plethora of new releases landed in the inbox […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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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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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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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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Video Premiere: Humbletown “Pretty Little Things”

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The new single from Humbletown, ‘Pretty Little Things’, is a gorgeous piece of work.  There are clever changes of pace with explosive bursts of energy, great harmonies and an intriguing melody that takes unexpected turns.  The […]
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Our new AUK supporters playlist is out today – win tickets to see Jerry Leger live

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“A few years back I had resigned myself to the fact that my days as a recording artist were probably over”: so begin the sleeve notes to Jason Ringenberg’s new album ‘Stand Tall’. And fans of […]

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