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Live Review: Aldous Harding + Vera Ellen, The Barbican, London – 31st May 2026

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Live Reviews

Live Review: Aldous Harding + Vera Ellen, The Barbican, London – 31st May 2026

June 12, 2026 0
There’s always a question over whether a gig review should spend too much time on setting the scene before the gig; the travail of travel, the pleasure (or otherwise) of the weather, the detail of the […]
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The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Fruit Bats’ Eric B Johnson

June 12, 2026 0
This week Keith ducks out of the rain to bring you a show packed with shiny new things including an interview with Eric B Johnson of Fruit Bats on the day of the release of their […]
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The Joel Affair “Honest Opinion” – thank you Jeff Tweedy

June 12, 2026 0
The new EP Lo & Behold provides Toronto’s The Joel Affair with their new single, Honest Opinion. Like the rest of this third EP from Joel Phair, the man behind the band name, it’s a song […]

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  • The latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Fruit Bats’ Eric B Johnson
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  • Video: The Hanging Stars “Let It Slide” – you sold all my clothes for a cheap night out
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]
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Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

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With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]

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The HawtThorns “Tarot Cards and Shooting Stars”

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Smooth sounds and a great voice for a summer’s day – if we ever get one! The press release for the second album by husband and wife duo KP and Johnny Hawthorn, The HawtThorns’ describes their work […]
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AK Patterson “Lady Greyling” – Listen

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Just when you think you’ve got a handle on AK Patterson’s vocal – seemingly an authentic and unaffected folk delivery – it veers off into an inspired breathy jazziness, skirting around the edges of scat.  Alongside […]

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