Album Reviews
Jesse Brewster “The Lonely Pines”
A very assured outing by a roots music renaissance man who can do it all. To be adept at Americana in the full sense of what this genre is supposed to represent, you simply just can’t […]
Month: February 2021
Album Reviews
Alastair Ottesen “Pathless Land”
Skilfully written songs, stunning arrangements, all with a timeless feel. It can often feel as though timeless albums are a thing of the past, only to be produced in a rose-tinted bygone era, as if the […]
Columns
AUK’s Chain Gang: Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche “I Can Still Hear You”
Reading Diccon Johnston’s article where the last link in the Chain Gang centres on The Cowboy Junkies, got me thinking about other bands with three siblings in them. There are quite a few “pop” bands such […]
Tracks
Eric Bolander “Cold Men” – Listen
More than a chilling tale, some sort of gothic-folk creation, the new song by Eric Bolander is a song that protests the treatment of the miners of the Blackjewel Mine in Harlan County, Kentucky. The mine […]
Videos
Video: Jack Blackman “Whereabouts Unknown”
Check out the ethereal depths of ‘Whereabouts Unknown’ from Jack Blackman. The music gradually builds, with flourishes of haunting slide guitar, as Blackman muses, “What keeps this planet turning? // No-one knows, no-one knows, // While […]