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Old Man Luedecke “She Told Me Where To Go”

May 23, 2024 Graeme Tait 0
Two-time Juno Award recipient’s first album in five years delivers a distinct departure from signature sound. After having temporarily given up the music business for a life on the ocean waves, working as a deckhand aboard […]
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Old Man Luedecke to release new album “She Told Me Where To Go”

April 23, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Old Man Luedecke will release his latest album ‘She Told Me Where To Go’ on 24th  May 2024. The album had its genesis in the pandemic when Luedecke began going out to sea on a scallop […]
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Old Man Luedecke “My Status Is The Baddest” – hey, where’s the banjo?

January 24, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
For those who associate Old Man Luedecke with the banjo, well it’s time to reappraise your associations.  On this standalone single, as rhe picture clearly shows, Old Man Luedecke has definitely gone electric. It’s been a […]
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Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge, 1st-4th August 2019

August 13, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0
Now in its 55th year, an impressive achievement in itself, Cambridge Folk Festival continues to go from strength to strength and this year’s event was one of the best. At the top of the bill there […]
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Old Man Luedecke “Easy Money” (True North Records, 2019)

July 22, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Old Man Luedecke is the performing name for Canadian singer-songwriter and banjo player Chris Luedecke who typically crosses a number of folk-ish styles in his music, and the new album ‘Easy Money‘ is no exception to […]

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Nordic americana with a slightly heavier tinge. I’m Kingfisher is the alter ego of Swedish singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson. Give Up Together is his sixth album under that guise and comes three years after his last release, […]
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Igloo Hearts are James and Katie MacGregor, a married folk-pop duo from North Wales. For our next AUK mini-gig, they kindly agreed to share some of their latest songs with our readers and viewers. Since appearing […]
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Technically excellent but emotionally bereft album from Gulf Coast female trio. Catching up on If You Only Knew, released by all-female trio The Krickets in October 2025, is like being battered with the world’s softest pillow. […]

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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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Clint’s Classic Clips: Courtney Marie Andrews “Table For One” live KEXP session 2016

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AUK favourite Courtney Marie Andrews in scintillating form on Seattle’s KEXP radio station. If you haven’t already come across it yet, Seattle’s KEXP is a not-for-profit arts organisation running an FM and online music channel with […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]
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Drive By Truckers “Thoughts And Prayers” – Listen

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The latest single from the Drive By Truckers upcoming album ‘The Unraveling‘ (which is, by the by, totally superb) is ‘Thought and Prayers‘ a song that is powerful in its direct opposition to indiscriminate gun killing.  And […]

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