December 2020 – Page 21

Video: Sunny Bones “Be Cool”

December 9, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the dreamy debut single from new duo Sunny Bones. Helen Anderson and Ben Asker have captured a sound that is familiar yet fresh. Though good-humoured, the video carries a serious message about valuing yourself […]

10 songs about the other side of Nashville

December 8, 2020 Clint West 6

Nashville is the state capital and largest city in Tennessee. The city itself has a population of 690,000 but if you include the metropolitan area around the city, that rises to around two million people. For […]

Forgotten Artists – Dory Previn

December 8, 2020 Rick Bayles 10

Today’s FORGOTTEN ARTISTS article brings you something a little different from AUK writer Gordon Sharpe. Here, Gordon takes a look at the career of one of the great lyricists of American music. Dorothy, ‘Dory’, Veronica Previn […]

Hector Gannet “Big Harcar” (Independent, 2020)

December 8, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Songs and albums about the North East of England have a long and honourable history. Big Harcar, which is part of the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland, is another interesting entry in the list. […]

Video Premiere: Jack Henderson “Stars”

December 8, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

With delicate, weeping guitar and his characterful, melodic vocal, Jack Henderson finds the sounds to match the beauty in the lyrics for his new single ‘Stars’. There is a hymnal quality to this song, which takes […]

RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 23 hours ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 1 day ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 2 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 3 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 4 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
By Peter Thompson , 6 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@andyshort Yes, it makes a refreshing change from artis...
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: My First Record Player
I had a Rotel amp and turntable too until the buttons s...
By Andy Short , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@peterthompson When Ryan Adams string breaks during Bar...
By Andy Short , 1 week ago

For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

May 11, 2026 0

The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

May 11, 2026 0

Nordic americana with a slightly heavier tinge. I’m Kingfisher is the alter ego of Swedish singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson. Give Up Together is his sixth album under that guise and comes three years after his last release, […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

May 11, 2026 0

Igloo Hearts are James and Katie MacGregor, a married folk-pop duo from North Wales. For our next AUK mini-gig, they kindly agreed to share some of their latest songs with our readers and viewers. Since appearing […]

Interviews

Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0

Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0

Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]

Interviews

Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0

David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

Videos

Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Necessary/Painful”

April 26, 2024 0

Well that’s it for another week dear reader. We will see you in London tomorrow if you’re down for the next national Palestine demo, or you can find what’s happening local to you here, but in […]

Tracks

Miranda Lee Richards: “Lucid I Would Dream” – Listen

April 13, 2017 0

Following 2016’s “Echoes Of The Dreamtime” album, LA-based Miranda Lee Richards has announced the release of new album “Existential Beast” on June 16th via Invisible Hands Music, a “beautifully constructed album characteristic of the effortless, 70’s […]

Dirty Dozens

Dirty Dozen: The Nightjar

January 30, 2017 0

Drawing influence from the surreal atmospherics of Grouper, the stark and poignant balladry of Diane Cluck and the deft compositions of Colleen, The Nightjar use close-harmonies, tight-interlocking guitars, deep bass and an intense lead vocal to […]

Month: December 2020

Video: Sunny Bones “Be Cool”

10 songs about the other side of Nashville

Forgotten Artists – Dory Previn

Hector Gannet “Big Harcar” (Independent, 2020)

Video Premiere: Jack Henderson “Stars”

For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 230 “Travel – a necessary luxury”