December 2019 – Page 9

Stream the John Henry’s Friends webcast benefit including Earle and Isbell tomorrow

December 16, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

The live music platform for concert recordings, nugs.net, will live stream The 5th Annual John Henry’s Friends Benefit tomorrow, which will be presented by Steve Earle and City Winery. The event takes place at The Town […]

Adam Hill “Water In The Draw” (Independent, 2019)

December 16, 2019 Peter Churchill 0

So, a Canadian folk/roots songwriter finds himself in a remote cabin on a 10,000 acre cattle ranch in Wyoming. Taking with him just his upright bass and guitar he heads for the one room where he […]

Independent thinking: Tim Martin’s review of 2019

December 16, 2019 Tim Martin 0

2019 was the year I reconnected with Americana and remembered what I love about the music. Given that I started writing for AUK this is hardly a surprise. What was a surprise was how many great […]

Doghouse Roses “We Are Made of Light” (Yellowroom Music, 2019)

December 16, 2019 Russell Murphy 0

Having toured on and off for 18 months since the release of their 3rd album ‘Lost is Not Losing’, Doghouse Roses have paused long enough to release ‘We Are Made of Light’, a mix of new […]

Robert Vincent “My Neighbour’s Ghost” – Listen

December 16, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

It must be quite a ride being Robert Vincent – a couple of years ago we’d be listing out his CV, mentioning this and that EP, and generally inviting our beloved readership to cock an ear […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

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If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

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A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”