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Night Flight “Exit Stage Left”

January 12, 2026 NickBarber 0
An Elliott Smith-inspired, soulful, and introspective chillout set of songs. Not to be confused with a similarly named Swedish rock band, London’s Night Flight are now on their third album – and again, there’s no connection […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 210 “A small break”

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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 […]
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AUK Podcast No.7 featuring Jerry Joseph now live

November 14, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 5
This week’s podcast is dominated by a lengthy and wide-ranging conversation with the force of nature that is Jerry Joseph, following on from the brilliant interview with Andrew Frolish earlier this week. Speaking from his home […]
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New slim line Night Flight land new album and announce tour dates

November 4, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Folk-americana band Night Flight will release their new album “Exit Stage Left” on 14th November 2025 on LP, CD & Digital formats on Roof Jump Records via Kartel Music Group.   It’s the follow-up to 2023’s “Songs […]
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Night Flight “Songs from Echo Zoo”

September 29, 2023 Helen Jones 0
Beautiful vocals contrast against folk-laden indie to make an album of meaning that showcases a band with a true identity. Cast your mind back to the first Covid lockdown of 2020 and a few things might […]

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St Stephen’s Church in Ipswich is a venue that invites atmosphere. With its vaulted ceiling, wooden beams, and resonant acoustics, it’s a space where music doesn’t just sound; it lingers, rises, and expands. On this April […]
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Bob Wagner “Richest Man On Earth” – doesn’t turn out so well

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Bob Wagner has some perfect advice for us all on this updating on the murder ballad form, as Richest Man On Earth opens with a killing – but it’s  not what you’re thinking.  No violence was […]

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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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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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Laura Zarougian “New used Car” – ain’t going to drive it

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Laura Zarougian was one of our discoveries of last year, with some great songs and now here she is again with a couple of singles, what we might have called in the past a double A-sided […]
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The Bean Pickers Union “Greatest Picks”

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An eclectic rummage through Chuck Melchin’s Bean Pickers Union oeuvre. The Bean Pickers Union are really singer-songwriter and musician Chuck Melchin, and a revolving band of musical accomplices, who have released three albums and two EPs […]
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Tom Paxton was always there, in Greenwich Village alongside Phil Ochs, Dave Van Ronk, John Hurt and Bobby Dylan, later on watching Dylan perform at the Isle of Wight Festival in ’69, alongside John Lennon and […]

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