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Live Review: The Dead South + Sunny War, Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, North Carolina – 2nd May 2025

May 12, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
The amphitheatre lights faded to black, and there was a stillness in the night; the canned music stopped playing; a murmur sounding like the drone of traffic on the Interstate emanated from the crowd as people […]
artwork for Sunny War album "Armageddon In A Summer Dress"
Album Reviews

Sunny War “Armageddon In A Summer Dress”

February 25, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
A hauntingly majestic follow-up to her 2023 breakthrough album. Having released one of the best albums of 2023 with “Anarchist Gospel”, Sunny War (a.k.a. Sydney Ward) spent much of the following year on the road, opening […]
Videos

Video: Sunny War (feat. Tré Burt) “Scornful Heart”

January 6, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Welcome back to AUK for 2025 and happy new year to all our readers. The latest single from singer-songwriter Sunny War features the excellent Tré Burt. “Scornful Heart” has a laid-back groove and the friends’ vocals […]
News

Sunny War presents as “Armageddon In A Summer Dress”

November 20, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
After the triumph of 2023’s “Anarchist Gospel”, americana-punk artist Sunny War returns with “Armageddon In A Summer Dress” on 21st February 2025, via New West Records. Its predecessor proved something of a breakthrough for Sunny War […]
Sunny War Anarchist Gospel album cover
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 126 – “Cheese Intervention”

January 5, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
New Year – same old post Christmas torpor. Welcome back readers and listeners and it’s a vaguely new format for a vaguely new year. Gone is the headline week of news and in comes the splash […]

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Artwork for Bell White album "A sign in the weather"

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Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 237 “I’m going down to Liverpool…”

July 20, 2026 0
As the song says, this week I’m heading to Liverpool, and therefore this article is going to be a shameless plug for the event I’m heading into town to help coordinate. After 25 years of serious […]
Tracks

Charlotte Morris “Make America” – so, this word great…

July 20, 2026 0
In it’s 250 year anniversary, Charlotte Morris proffers a few questions and thoughts on what it means to be patriotic: is there just one way to love your country, does it involve blind adherence to leaders […]
Videos

Video: Beck “Ride Lonesome” feat. Sierra Ferrell – you can’t put your arms ’round a memory

July 20, 2026 0
Eight-time GRAMMY winner Beck has joined forces with a host of talented artists recently, releasing collaborations with the likes of Orville Peck, the Black Keys, Gorillaz and Chemical Brothers. For his latest single, Beck has teamed […]

  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 237 “I’m going down to Liverpool…”
  • Charlotte Morris “Make America” – so, this word great…
  • Video: Beck “Ride Lonesome” feat. Sierra Ferrell – you can’t put your arms ’round a memory
  • Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”
  • Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”
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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]
Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

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Video Premiere: Colin Bracewell “Page”

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Check out the video premiere of the emotional ‘Page’ from Colin Bracewell.  The combination of Bracewell’s intimate lyrics and heartfelt vocal performance is truly affecting.  when he sings vulnerable lines like: “I know you don’t hate […]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band “Carrie Brown” – Late Night with Conan O’Brien, 1999

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There are many artists who need no introduction to the Americana UK audience, but Steve Earle probably heads the list. However, Classic Clips gives us the opportunity to reflect on perhaps one of his most completely […]

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