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Sounds from beyond the Shed 222 “Festivals”

February 23, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 4
This time of year is bloody bleak. I’m pretty sure I haven’t walked the dog in either sunshine or without being soaked by the elements. Okay, so it’s a fairly first-world whinge given what’s going on […]
Tracks

Rickie Lee Jones “Just In Time” – Happy Day

January 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Yes, it is the return of the Duchess of Coolsville, with a first song from her upcoming new album on the 28th of April.  The album is called ‘Pieces of Treasure‘ and sees Rickie Lee Jones […]
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Book Reviews

Book Review – Rickie Lee Jones “Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour”

June 7, 2021 Paul Kerr 0
An engaging account of a troubled kid whose dreams kind of came true. Despite her numerous albums and two Grammys, Rickie Lee Jones is remembered by many in the main for her brief relationship with Tom […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 10

March 17, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0
So we’re back and the kids are alright. The beauty of teaching teenagers is their innate ability to appear completely indifferent to giving a tuppenny toss about anything other than their tiny world view. So as […]
Album Reviews

Rickie Lee Jones “Kicks” (The Other Side of Desire, 2019)

July 31, 2019 Tim Martin 0
This is Rickie Lee Jones’ fifth covers album if you include the ‘Girl at Her Volcano’ EP, following on from 2012s ‘The Devil You Know‘. As usual ‘Kicks‘ mixes ’70s rock covers with some jazz and […]

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Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

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Leah Blevins

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

Live Reviews
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Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

Album Reviews
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Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”

Features
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Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album

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Videos

Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”

July 3, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm tonight. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place […]
Leah Blevins
Live Reviews

Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026

July 3, 2026 0
Performances don’t get much more intimate when less than 50 people are in the front space of a record shop and the artist is playing unamplified, less than five feet away. In the autumn of 2025, […]
Album Reviews

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”

July 3, 2026 0
Americana royalty teams up with a cracking Texas band to produce a varied and highly enjoyable mix of country, soul and stomp. Ryan Bingham is a comparatively rare example of an americana artist who has broken […]

  • Something for the weekend: Truman Sinclair “4th of July”
  • Live Review: Leah Blevins, Rough Trade, Denmark Street, London – 26th June 2026
  • Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen “They Call Us The Lucky Ones”
  • Americana Stories – Simon Lamont “Americana”
  • Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win a vinyl copy of Ashley McBryde’s new album
  • Classic Clips: Joni Mitchell “Coyote”, Gordon Lightfoot’s home, 1975
  • Fruit Bats “The Landfill”
  • Hell in a Handcart – making a profit for “The Man”
  • Elizabeth Cook announces new album and narrative film
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Interviews

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]
Interviews

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0
In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]
Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

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Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: Kristin Hersh “Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt”

October 9, 2024 2
Reading around the GoodReads site thinking about books to talk about here, I came across one of the most over the top pieces of press I’ve ever seen about a book from Lithub. “It paints a […]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Mary Chapin Carpenter (with friends) “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her” CMA Awards 1993

January 27, 2023 0
From Mary Chapin Carpenter’s most commercially successful album ‘Come On Come On’ comes the Grammy nominated ‘He Thinks He’ll Keep Her‘. Recorded at the 1993 CMA awards this classic comes complete with a very youthful looking Vince […]
Reviews

AUK’s EP Round-Up – November 2023

November 24, 2023 0
It’s that time again and here’s a round-up of this month’s EP releases. We’ve had a lot of submissions recently (because it’s not long to Christmas?) so there is no time or space to analyse each […]

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