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Ryan Hamilton “1221”

January 28, 2022 Rich Orpin 2
Ryan Hamilton taps into the Fountain of Wayne on power pop collaboration. The power-pop genre and sub-genres that it inspired have a breadth as wide as any in contemporary music. At the grittier, less refined end […]
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Ryan Hamilton “Big Man” – previously unrecorded Chuck prophet song

July 27, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
What’s not to like?  Ryan Hamilton has a solid rock and roll C.V. and Chuck Prophet writes great songs  – and this is a perfect example.  All the more surprising then that it hasn’t been recorded […]
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Track Premiere: Ryan Hamilton “Babies”

May 11, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
The babies being sung about on the latest single from Ryan Hamilton aren’t all that cute, they aren’t even that small.  They do share a common emotional issue of self-gratification: “little babies in bathrooms getting high […]
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Video Premiere: Ryan Hamilton “Deja Vu I Love You”

February 17, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
Here is a song designed to make you tap your feet and nod your head.  It’s uplifting, upbeat and full of engaging energy and melody.  Above all, ‘Deja Vu I Love You’ is immensely likeable and […]
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Jingle Bells Friday – Do you really want Eggnog?

December 11, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Well, it’s getting closer – just fourteen more sleeps to go.  So, it really is time to finalise that selection of all the drinks you only drink at Christmas and avoid like a pandemic for the […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm as always, but in the meantime we leave you dear reader with a beautiful […]
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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]
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Interview: Lady Nade on being involved in a Netflix drama, inspiration, identity and mental health in music

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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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Interview: Willie Nile keeps the light on for great American rock’n’roll

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I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]

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Video: Elles Bailey “Who’s That”

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It’s been an explosive start to 2023 for Elles Bailey, who picked up two awards at the recent Americana Music Association UK ceremony: UK Artist of the Year and UK Live Act of the Year.  She’s […]
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Interview: Wesley Stace AKA John Wesley Harding on touring the UK after a 15-year absence

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A continuum of songs, novels, opera and variety shows. There was a time in the ‘80s when Demon Records seemed to be a beacon for good music in the UK with its reissues and new releases […]
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Video: Juana Everett “One Million Dollars”

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Madrid-born singer-songwriter Juana Everett has released ‘One Million Dollars’, an atmospheric new single and accompanying video. With direction and photography from María Salto and Luis Montero Rueda, this is a cinematic piece of filmmaking. Likewise, the […]

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