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Sounds from beyond the Shed 210 “A small break”

November 17, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 2
A very brief column this week as I recover from having my knee chopped out and replaced with some metal work. Suffice it to say all seems to have gone well and the bruising looks suitably […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 207 “Karma”

November 10, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Welcome to the now regular slot of Monday, same old nonsense, just a new day. What’s not to like? Funny thing, Karma. I’ve never been particularly superstitious, but today I found myself caught up in a […]
News

Podcast number 6 with The Wandering Hearts now live

November 7, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
That’s right, folks, we’ve switched days to give you something to listen to over the weekend! This week’s podcast sees Keith talking to AJ and Chess from The Wandering Hearts about their re-imagining of CSNY’s “Deja […]
News

Edition number 3 of our AUK Weekly Podcast is now live with Patterson Hood interview

October 20, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 4
Well we’re on to week three already of our new AUK podcast and this week’s is a Patterson Hood special. On the eve of his visit to these shores, the podcast is built around a pair […]
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Tracks

Mavis Staples “Sad And Beautiful” – the place where we live

October 7, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
You’ll recall that there’s a new album on its way from the incomparable Mavis Staples, and its title track, ‘Sad And Beautiful‘, is also the latest single to be released from it. It’s a meditative and […]

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Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”

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Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”

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Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026

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Krauss, Colvin and Douglas at Library of Congress 2007

Classic Clip: Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas “The Boxer”— Library of Congress, Washington, 2007

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The Dreaming Spires and Annie Keating join forces for single and live dates

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Videos

Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”

September 18, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]
Album Reviews

Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”

September 18, 2026 0
Journeyman comes full circle with an album of resonant covers that have been uniquely adapted throughout his career, tracing all the way back to his teenage days busking in Nashville. Benjamin Tod has been around the […]
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Live Reviews

Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026

September 18, 2026 0
Opening for The War and Treaty at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Buddy Miller explained how he came to crash the party and thanked the headliners and support Avery Sunshine for indulging him. Miller had a call from […]

  • Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”
  • Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”
  • Live Review: Buddy Miller, Ryman Auditorium , Nashville – 13th September 2026
  • Classic Clip: Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas “The Boxer”— Library of Congress, Washington, 2007
  • The Dreaming Spires and Annie Keating join forces for single and live dates
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Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Tracks

Maya de Vitry “Odds Of Getting Even” – fighting the injustice

July 2, 2024 0
This powerful song from Maya de Vitry comes from the upcoming album ‘The Only Moment‘ which is out on July 12th.  Powerful but not completely new – co-written between de Vitry and Caitlin Canty, the tune […]
Album Reviews

Karen Jonas “Lucky, Revisited” (Independent, 2019)

August 5, 2019 0
“Hang on to your hats boys”… and so begins the first bit of advice from Karen Jonas at the start of ‘Ophelia’ the first song on ‘Lucky, Revisited’. It would be well to take heed because […]
Tracks

Kyshona “Rise The Tide” – Stronger together

June 21, 2022 0
Kyshona is a powerhouse in music – not just musically as demonstrated on this new song celebrating how when one of us is supported and excels, the tide rises for everyone – but also in her […]

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