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Sofie Livebrant “Weep The Time Away: Emily Bronte”

February 3, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Lively folk-jazz settings of the poems of Emily Bronte are quite the treat. Sofie Livebrant lays the responsibility for this, her sixth album, at least in part at the feet of the Covid pandemic. You know […]

Raine Hamilton “Brave Land”

February 3, 2022 Ewan Lury 0

An LP that starts well but struggles as it goes on. Raine Hamilton’s chamber-folk album has moments of real quality, but also moments where she seems to lose sight of what she wants the album to […]

Track Premiere: Sam Kogon “Barbed Wire”

February 3, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Sam Kogon has had a varied career so far, which has the appearance of at least stumbling always into good fortune. He briefly sang lead vocals in the reformed 1960s group The Left Banke in 2015, […]

Video Premiere: Brother Hill “Mother of Our Nature”

February 3, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

We are delighted to premiere the utterly absorbing ‘Mother of Our Nature’ by Brother Hill. Musically and lyrically, this ethereal song is steeped in atmosphere and magic. It flows, growing and evolving through six epic minutes, […]

Interview: Matt North on how drumming and screenwriting made him a songwriter

February 2, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Get the best, how Matt North got Wilco’s producer, Lucinda Williams’ guitarist, Emmylou Harris’s bassist, and Chris Stapleton’s keyboardist to work with him. There aren’t many singer-songwriters who get to middle-age before starting their solo recording […]

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

Sofie Livebrant “Weep The Time Away: Emily Bronte”

Raine Hamilton “Brave Land”

Track Premiere: Sam Kogon “Barbed Wire”

Video Premiere: Brother Hill “Mother of Our Nature”

Interview: Matt North on how drumming and screenwriting made him a songwriter

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