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Something for the long weekend: Jason Isbell “Something More Than Free”

August 23, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with a great performance from this week’s Democratic National Convention which you might have seen on the news once or twice. Let’s […]

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The Hanseroth Twins “Vera”

August 23, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

Sibling harmonies and bitter-sweet songs make for a fine debut from Brandi Carlile’s bandmates. It’s fair to say that only the initiated will immediately recognise the names of Phil and Tim Hanseroth despite a handsome career […]

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Bella White “Luxury Liner” – tasty cover of Gram’s song

August 23, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

That’s the story – Bella White has a new EP on Rounder Records called ‘Five For Silver‘ on which she covers tracks by Lucinda Williams, Jeff Tweedy, Neil Young, Ted Lucas, and  good gosh yes indeed […]

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Classic Clips: Danny Schmidt “Engagement Song” – GreenHouse Concert SXSW Showcase 2013

August 23, 2024 FredArnold 0

From the pen of one of the most compelling songwriters of modern times, this is the song that Danny Schmidt serenaded to his then-to-be wife, Carrie Elkin, as a marriage proposal. Known on the video clip […]

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Help us give your music the best review

August 23, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Some words of advice about submitting music to AUK, or indeed anywhere else… As you can imagine the AUK virtual postbag is always overflowing with emails from artists keen for us to review their new album […]

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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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Welcome to ‘The Twang Factor’ AUK’s brand new weekly series providing a showcase for some of the best new and emerging artists around. Each week we will bring you a different artist selected from the submissions […]

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Currently on tour in the UK and Europe to promote 2019’s ‘Everything is Fine’, Amigo The Devil has released a unique take on the classic ‘Delilah’,  made famous by Tom Jones in 1968. Amigo The Devil […]

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