News
Mary Chapin Carpenter has a new album
Her first new release since 2018, ‘The Dirt and The Stars‘ is the upcoming album from Mary Chapin Carpenter – it’ll hit all good music vendors on August 7th and is released through Lambent Light Records […]
Year: 2020
Album Reviews
The Orange Circus Band “Whistle in the Dawn” (Independent, 2020)
The Orange Circus Band are a Bluegrass/Americana collective based in Kent, but proclaiming roots in Virginia, USA, and this influence is plain to see in their new release ‘Whistle in the Dawn‘, which boasts an instrumental […]
Videos
Video: Beans on Toast “Chessington World of Adventures”
Let’s begin the week with a commentary on the state of our world right now from Beans on Toast. You know, we spent some time here at AUK Towers trying to describe how we felt…but we […]
Tracks
Something for the weekend: Steve Earle “Times Like These”
Another crazy week then in which even the notoriously conservative with a small ‘C’ county music industry is dealing with its complicated history – so we leave you dear reader with a new recording of a […]
AUK Mini-Gigs
Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Jack Marion
For the latest in our mini-gig series to help keep us sane in lockdown, we bring you a solo offering from Jack Marion of the titular Jack Marion and the Pearl Snap Prophets. The North Carolina […]