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Love – is it all there is?

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You know by now that we never miss a chance to have a themed Track special if we possibly can, and what could be more special than Valentine’s Day with all that it entails?  It offers […]
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This week’s podcast is a very Loose affair, featuring as it does four acts that are signed by those London connoisseurs of fine art, Loose Music. We have the new songs from Danny George Wilson, Brown […]
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As one of the news editors for AUK and, latterly, the Podcast creator, I very often have the good fortune to meet musicians that I greatly admire or respect. And I can happily report that, of […]
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Check out the latest single from West Sussex artist Serious Child, the musical moniker of Alan Young. Co-written with Neil Connor, ‘Veneer’ is simply gorgeous. The instrumentation is lush and layered, delicate and precise, including sweetly […]
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AUK Podcast No. 8 featuring My Girl The River now live

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That’s right, folks, this week’s podcast features a cracking chat with Kris Wilkinson Hughes of MGTR about several things, including the new single, which drops today, as well as crowdfunding an album and the joys of […]

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Cut Worms, the project of Max Clarke, has announced his fourth full-length record, Transmitter, due for release on 13th March 2026 via Jagjaguwar. Produced by Jeff Tweedy at Wilco’s Loft studio. Ahead of the album release, […]
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Hugo Race Fatalists “I Made it All Up For You”

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Being a committed musicphile (is there such a word?) I tend to approach every situation in life, hearing a soundtrack in my head for most situations, and I’d like to ask the readership if this is […]

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Runner-up in our readers’ poll for Best UK Artist in 2025, Lady Nade has steadily built a reputation as one of the most distinctive and emotionally resonant voices in UK roots music. Blending jazz, Americana, folk, […]
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