September 2023 – Page 7

Video Premiere: Malin Andersson “Ships in the Night”

September 26, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the lush new single from Swedish songwriter Malin Andersson. There’s a gentle rhythmic urgency at the beating heart of ‘Ships in the Night’, a hypnotic song that showcases the silken beauty of Andersson’s soft, […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures : Splinter “The Place I Love” – Dark Horse Records, 1974

September 25, 2023 Paul Russell 0

The seventies was such a rich decade for magnificent music that as a teenager listening to the radio gave me the opportunity to hear some sublime tracks. One of those was a modest 1974 hit by […]

Cruz Contreras “Cosmico”

September 25, 2023 Cam Fraser 1

‘Black Lillies’ frontman releases his first solo album, a mix of country-rock and Americana, with a psychedelic edge. Cruz Contreras has quite a track record. With a career spanning twenty-five years and going back to when […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Wilco “What’s The World Got In Store”

September 25, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

This beautiful song comes from Wilco’s wonderful second album ‘Being There’, released in 1996. This double album was named after the 1979 satirical comedy film where a simple gardener, played by Peter Sellers, somehow becomes a […]

Steve Tilston live Nettleham Village Hall, Lincoln. 16th September 2023

Live Review: Steve Tilston, Nettleham Village Hall, Lincoln – 16th September 2023

September 25, 2023 Graeme Tait 0

Tonight’s venue is considerably closer to home than other concerts I’ve frequented in recent months, however I have to admit somewhat embarrassingly that it is my first visit since it moved from its old home in […]

Sonny Rollins
Jazz titan Sonny Rollins has gone at the age of 95. Cle...
By Martin Johnson , 7 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
By Ian C Rothery , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
By fredhead , 2 weeks ago
RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 3 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 3 weeks ago

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3

Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

May 26, 2026 0

A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]

For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

May 26, 2026 0

This song is on Sheryl Crow’s Wildflower album, released in 2005 to lukewarm critical response. It was a low-key collection of songs – no All I Wanna Do or Soak Up the Sun among them – […]

Interviews

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3

Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2

Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

Album Reviews

The Hanging Stars “Hollow Heart”

April 7, 2022 0

The Hanging Stars are close to perfection on a magnificent album which just about defines “cosmic country” From the moment The Hanging Stars glide gently into the perfumed garden which is ‘Ava’, the opening song on […]

Interviews

Interview: M G Boulter on why Southend-on-Sea is key to his music

April 27, 2021 0

From Southend-on-Sea to the Albert Hall opening for Paul Heaton, touring with Simone Felice and back to Clifftown. Surprisingly, Southend-on-Sea has had a disproportionate influence on British music starting with Procol Harem in the ‘60s and […]

Album Reviews

Licking the Moose “The Death of Henry Miller and Many Others” (Independent, 2018)

September 17, 2018 0

‘The Death of Henry Miller and Many Others’ is the latest album from Norwegian Americana band Licking the Moose. Their first since 2009, it is a collection of confidently written and performed songs that could be […]

Month: September 2023

Video Premiere: Malin Andersson “Ships in the Night”

Americana Vinyl Treasures : Splinter “The Place I Love” – Dark Horse Records, 1974

Cruz Contreras “Cosmico”

For The Sake Of The Song: Wilco “What’s The World Got In Store”

Live Review: Steve Tilston, Nettleham Village Hall, Lincoln – 16th September 2023

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”

Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson