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Songs for the apocalypse: Spain “Hoped and Prayed”

October 16, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Josh Haden makes slooowwww music at the best of times, music which drips with atmosphere. I first came across his band Spain when a song of theirs was featured On the best TV series ever […]

Track premiere: Valparaiso “Bury My Body”

September 21, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Valparaiso release their debut album ‘Broken Homeland’ tomorrow and they’ve shared the track Bury My Body from the record with us which features some striking vocals from Shannon Wright. The Parisian musical collective deriving from […]

Something for the weekend: Angel Olsen & Sturgill Simpson “Big Time”

Tracks

September 23, 2022 0

Well that’s it for us from another week dear reader, and we leave you with a new version of a song we featured here on AUK a few months back from the wonderful Angel Olsen. […]

Morton Valence “Summertime In London” – but, was it this Summer?

Tracks

September 23, 2022 0

Having reached the Autumn Equinox (an event to be celebrated now by not just one, but a fine pair of albums from this guy) it may seem strange to be featuring a Summery song. And […]

Video: Beth Orton “Forever Young”

Videos

September 23, 2022 0

More mesmerising music from Beth Orton. The new video from Orton, ‘Forever Young’ is a sepia-toned fever dream that evokes the early 20th century films by Georges Méliès. An insistent drum loop pushes forward as […]

Classic Clips: Bruce Springsteen “Pay Me My Money Down” – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2006

Classic Clips

September 23, 2022 0

There’s a lot of debate about whether or not Springsteen is an americana artist but, when he’s channeling the spirit of Pete Seeger, as he did on his 2006 album ‘We Shall Overcome: The Seeger […]

Album art work for Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman and Jack Rutter's “Sea Song Sessions”

Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman and Jack Rutter “Sea Song Sessions”

Album Reviews

September 23, 2022 0

Superb collection of maritime songs and sea shanties performed by the cream of Britain’s folk musicians. Britain is a maritime nation. The sea has long defined British identity, in terms of both how Britons view […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Spain “Hoped and Prayed”

Track premiere: Valparaiso “Bury My Body”

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