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Something for the weekend: Joshua Ray Walker “Hello”

May 21, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dear reader – so much good music out today including the new album by Lord Huron which we’ll be reviewing here on AUK any day now, at least when they […]

News

David Crosby announces new album “For Free” – Listen to the first single

May 21, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

David Crosby has announced the release of new album ‘For Free’, due out July 23rd 2021 via BMG, and arriving just a month before his 80th birthday. It finds the folk-rock legend “continuing to tap into […]

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Readers’ Picks: Drive-By Truckers “Gravity’s Gone”

May 21, 2021 Clint West 0

Dave Bartley from Doncaster picks a diamond from the Truckers treasure trove. The Readers’ Picks feature gives you the chance to share your own personal nuggets. Please see below for details of how to submit your […]

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Shuffle: Is Robert Pollard is rock music’s Picasso?

May 21, 2021 David Cowling 1

After visiting a Picasso exhibition my friend said ‘I didn’t realise he could actually draw’. What she meant by this was that, to her, drawing and painting is a naturalistic representation of the world; she mistook […]

Americana Roots

Americana Roots: Kitchen Dwellers

May 21, 2021 Tim Newby 0

Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US.  It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts who […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Kelley Swindall “You Can Call Me Darlin’ If You Want” (Velvet Elk Records, 2020)

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It is hard to believe this is a debut album and that this wannabe actress, turned singer-songwriter, was inspired to change course only after heartbreak inspired revenge. This album packs a punch so forthright that anyone […]

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Video: Seán Feeny “Western Roads” – celebrating the diaspora

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‘Western Roads’ is the second single from singer-songwriter Seán Feeny, following his debut ‘1969’. This reflective song was inspired by Feeny’s great-grandfather’s journey to the Rocky Mountains. Blending history and family, Feeny delivers a deeply personal […]

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Live Review: Hattie Whitehead + Tessa Rose Jackson + Edward Randell, St Pancras Old Church, London – 3rd April 2025

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The venue is always inspiring, with its design and operation as a fully functioning church set in a surprisingly green and peaceful enclave just minutes from St Pancras station and amidst the gritty inner-city locale of […]

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