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Something for the weekend: Frank Turner talks about why he’s singing songs for his transgender dad

March 11, 2022 Mark Whitfield 1

We thought dear reader we’d leave you with something a little different this week. Singer-songwriter Frank Turner never got on with his distant and disapproving father. Things got even worse between them when Frank discovered the […]

Interview: Only Child Alan O’Hare on emotion, humanity and “Straight Lines”

March 11, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

How watching his Mum getting ready to go out dancing inspired the musical career of Only Child. It is a long time since the heyday of Merseybeat and the Beatles, but Liverpool still has a vibrant […]

Classic Clips: John Murry “Southern Sky” – Static Roots Festival, 2019

March 11, 2022 Sean Hannam 0

Two years ago, when choosing an AUK Classic Americana album to write about, I selected ‘The Graceless Age’ by Tupelo, Mississippi-born singer-songwriter, John Murry. At the end of the piece, I stated that this brilliant collection […]

Jeff Hulett “Spin Your Wheels” – don’t waste your time on me, I’m just fine

March 11, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Speaking of Jeff Hulett’s latest two song-single Mark Whitfield (acclaimed award winning editor of Americana UK) has said “I Loved Snowglobe, one of my fave bands I’ve discovered in all the years of AUK – both of […]

Carson McHone “Still Life”

March 11, 2022 Keith Hughes 0

A sterling deviation into new territory. This is Carson McHone’s 3rd album and second for Loose music. It was recorded in Ontario with Daniel Romano in a home studio and the dynamic duo did it pretty […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0

Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]

Year: 2022

Something for the weekend: Frank Turner talks about why he’s singing songs for his transgender dad

Interview: Only Child Alan O’Hare on emotion, humanity and “Straight Lines”

Classic Clips: John Murry “Southern Sky” – Static Roots Festival, 2019

Jeff Hulett “Spin Your Wheels” – don’t waste your time on me, I’m just fine

Carson McHone “Still Life”

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring author and journalist Liz Thomson