November 2024 – Page 32

Something for the weekend: Lucinda Williams “Something”

November 1, 2024 Mark Whitfield 7

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. AUK has been on its travels to Malmo and bumped into longtime AUK friend and sometimes writer Fiona Winders – hello Fiona! – and it was […]

Christy Moore “A Terrible Beauty”

November 1, 2024 FredArnold 0

Irish icon delivers yet another album of meaningful observation and storytelling. Songwriter, folk singer, guitarist, poet, social commentator, Irish republican, and Ireland’s greatest living musician (People of the Year Awards 2007), so, a living legend. Which […]

Foy Vance – Laughing at ‘The Joy of Nothing’ with Belfast and London dates

November 1, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 3

Emmy Award-winning songwriter Foy Vance will embark on the ‘You & I UK Tour’ next week. Named after a track from Vance’s breakthrough 2013 album “Joy Of Nothing”, the tour includes residencies in Belfast Opera House […]

Book Review: Xan Brooks “The Catchers”

November 1, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

Xan Brooks is a freelance writer and broadcaster now specialising in cinema. He was an associate editor of The Guardian and, before that, a writer and editor at the Big Issue magazine. His first novel, ‘The […]

Classic Clips : Howe Gelb “Tumble And Tear” October 2016

November 1, 2024 Paul Kerr 2

One of the benefits of writing for AUK is that, on occasion, one gets to bang on about a favourite act as opposed to reviewing the latest flavour of the month (not that there’s anything wrong […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Chicks - Taking the Long Way (local streaming)
By Peter Thompson , 2 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Far From Saints - Far From Saints (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ryan Adams - The Suicide Handbook (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: There's no future in nostalgia
Stonehenge was a fucking mess every time but it was a b...
By Keith Hargreaves , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Great shout John I’m new here -Gil Scott Heron wh...
By Keith Hargreaves , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Neil Young - Citizen Kane Jr
By John , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Clarence White would have been 82 today. A little remin...
By Martin Johnson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen - The Call Us The ...
By Peter Thompson , 3 weeks ago

The Jayhawks announce new album “Sanctuary Park”

June 24, 2026 0

Putting some meat on the bones of last week’s passing reference to a new album when announcing their upcoming live dates, we can now reveal that the new album by The Jayhawks is called Sanctuary Park […]

artwork for Andrew Sa album "American Rough"

Andrew Sa “American Rough”

June 24, 2026 0

The remarkable debut of a 21st-century crooner. Where do crooners come from? Surely this thought must have kept you awake in the late hours, when time stands still and there’s nothing to do but face the […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Ben Folds Five

June 24, 2026 0

Ben Folds Five were a three-piece band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They were together only a short while before the seven-year itch sent lead vocalist Ben Folds off to work on solo projects. This article […]

Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1

As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]

Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0

In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

Tracks

Nicholson & Randell “Candyman” – Listen

June 26, 2018 0

Nicholson & Randell are Lea Nicholson (concertina) and Naomi Randell (guitar and lead vocals) and they hail out of the dark heart of the Cambridgeshire fen-lands. And they bring us this take on the Grateful Dead’s […]

Videos

Video: Shred Kelly “Dead Leaves”

April 1, 2020 0

This is definitely a song and video that’s relevant in today’s technology-driven world. It explores social media and the online connections that either bind or divide us in an increasingly polarised environment. Canadian band, Shred Kelly, […]

Album Reviews

Sammy Brue ” I Am Nice” (New West Records 2017)

June 12, 2017 0

Bloody hell. This is the frankly astonishing debut album from the Portland, Oregon native Brue who has been mentored by Justin Townes Earle and produced by half of The Civil Wars and a quarter of the […]

Month: November 2024

Something for the weekend: Lucinda Williams “Something”

Christy Moore “A Terrible Beauty”

Foy Vance – Laughing at ‘The Joy of Nothing’ with Belfast and London dates

Book Review: Xan Brooks “The Catchers”

Classic Clips : Howe Gelb “Tumble And Tear” October 2016

The Jayhawks announce new album “Sanctuary Park”

Andrew Sa “American Rough”

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Ben Folds Five

Ady Johnson “Under Gainsborough Skies”

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share