Social Media Ideas for Life In The Long Grass

"The music evokes the past in an extraordinary way. The public own it now, and it has a kind of magic to it." The story...

Richard Thompson used to think Fairport Convention's Meet Me On The Ledge was “immature, juvenile" - now it's a much-loved communal singalong

The Blues Project - LIVE and Well in the Redwoods

The Blues ProjectThe Paper Mill Creek SaloonForest Knolls, CAAugust 14, 2026 Some sixty years after The Blues Project first emerged from the ferment of Greenwich Village, Roy Blume...

In The Field

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Shaboozey Goes West in His New Rural-Inspired Concept Album

We didn’t burn him! GREEN MAN 2026 is a bucolic refresher in the Welsh countryside

The grass may have been greener in past years, but four days in Glanusk Park suggests the Green Man festival is valuable an escape as ever. The post We didn’t burn him! GREEN MAN 2...

The curious afterlife of Neil Young’s lost albums and the stories that grew around them

From Homegrown and Chrome Dreams to Toast and Times Square, Neil Young's abandoned albums have taken on lives of their own

Strawberry Hands – “What Plant Jumps Over Me?”

A Jazz Blessing For The Animal is a pretty title for an album, and it wouldn't work if the music wasn't both weird and beautiful. Luckily, it is! Weyes Blood describes her bandmate...

"Plenty of gas in the tank, but it's content to drive along the highway well within the speed limit." Stephen Stills fin...

Surrounded by a talented group of musicians, including ex-Byrd Chris Hillman, Stephen Stills explores four musical avenues on four sides of vinyl

Americana Stories – Jack Roscoe “Out of the Woods”

Jack Roscoe finally emerged as a songwriter during Lockdown after years of stalled attempts at music. He released his debut album, the folky Out of the Woods, in November 2023. He...

Beverly Glenn-Copeland: “There is life after death”, End Of The Road 2026, Day 3

We report from the second Uncut Q&A at this year's festival

Hayden Thorpe reopens the Wild Beasts songbook at End Of The Road 2026, Day 3

Plus Širom, Bab L’Bluz, Brìghde Chaimbeul and Ak'chamel, The Giver Of Illness

“It really seriously disturbed me, singing my songs about peace and love and there’s fighting in front of me. But it was...

Canterbury scene guitarist and producer explains how “the modern equivalent of shamanism” has run through his life – along with a nugget of advice from Jimi Hendrix

4 Songs From the Late 60s That Feel Like Lounging in the Sunshine

Photo by Reg Lewis/Mirrorpix/Getty Images These iconic cuts from the late 60s capture the feeling of lounging in the sunshine on a lazy, temperate day. The post 4 Songs From the L...

The Luck of the Draw: AUK reader Les Bright enjoys his weekend at The Cambridge Folk Festival

While all AUK content is free to access, subscribers who donate a small amount each month to support the site are sent a Spotify/Apple Music/Tidal playlist each month featuring the...

Mark & Suzann Farmer :: Dreams

You can practically taste the Chivas and smell the KOOL 100s smoldering in the ashtray. Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams," refracted through a homemade four-track in rural Washington. Relea...

“Had we started a little earlier we might have survived. Yes and Genesis got through punk, but we hadn’t gotten to that...

Five decades after an incredible year of two remarkable albums and large-scale touring, the band look back on crêpe paper mushrooms, stolen costumes and writing classic tracks in h...

Sounds from beyond the Shed 251 “Life….”

Been a tough couple of weeks as we buried our father last week and adjusted to life without him (and crippling care costs!). My mother is handling things well, stating that she “lo...

Richard Green – Age of Dreams

Milan gave him his hometown accent and London gave him his working hours, and somewhere between the two cities Richard Green has assembled a single that sounds less like a debut st...

Boulder Fields roll into autumn with a brand new album

Nothing Age is to be the latest album from Edinburgh indie-americana collective Boulder Fields, following on from the success of their 2024 debut, based around the writing of singe...

Live Inside A Dream 02: Hyde Park Book Club – Festival Review

Live Inside a Dream Festival 02 Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds 4th July 2026 Live Inside A Dream festival returns to Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds to pay tribute to David Lynch. Expect...

Martin Carthy’s Along The Road Forever: Live At The BBC reviewed – the folk giant who helped keep Britain’s musical trad...

20 enlightening, essential discs from a custodian of the British folk tradition

Slow Life – Last Train

Now and again a band arrives sounding like they've been eavesdropping on the right pubs. Slow Life, the London-Welsh five-piece who've spent the last twelve months quietly stacking...

The Jayhawks “Sanctuary Park”

Gary Louris celebrates love and the past on Jayhawks’ latest. Forty years on from their debut, a quarter century from the release of Smile and 6 years after their last record XOXO,...

Ferris & Sylvester “It’s A Joy To Be Alive”

Lush romanticism, married with a melting pot of musical styles, informs a confident and commercial new album from a musical couple in control. In his excellent Rough Guide to Count...