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David Picco “Out of the Past” (Independent, 2019)

July 4, 2019 Elise Kennedy 0

David Picco’s new album ‘Out of the Past’ draws on influences from Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen – with an added rockabilly edge to the alt-country sound: what some listeners might describe as heartland soul. The ten […]

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Interview: Carson McHone

July 4, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

There’s an old expression about dying with your boots on. Carson McHone certainly lives up to that. Interview ready in her dressing room,  she’s attired in a raggedy white cotton t-shirt, with a pair of jogging […]

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Bob Dylan “The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings” (Columbia Records, 2019)

July 4, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

In many ways it was not the best of times for Dylan – having bared his soul on ‘Blood on the Tracks‘ he’d found a release in a whole new musical direction – a direction which […]

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Lucy Dacus “Forever Half Mast” – Listen

July 4, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Lucy Dacus has been releasing new music with holiday themes, and her latest touches on Independence Day – not so much the movie more the soul of her country.  Over a slow beat and peals of […]

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Video: The Dead South “Diamond Ring”

July 4, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

This is the new single from The Dead South, from their album ‘Sugar And Joy‘, out in October.  It’s bluegrass as we like it here at AUK Towers, it’s fun, and it has a fun video.  […]

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