As I write this I have just watched yet another piece of news reporting concerning yet another utterance by the seemingly unstoppable Republican candidate for the American presidency, one Donald Trump. And I just don’t get […]
Performance art, conceptual weirdness or the (slight) return of country-punk? Philophobia is defined as a fear of love. ‘Philaphobia’ is Brent Amaker and the Rodeo’s first proper album in 10 years and their 5th in approaching […]
DUG is a new band (we could say project but we prefer the term band) that brings together and melds effortlessly two traditions – Irish folk and American “Old Timey”. And it’s no surprise that Lorkin […]
Here’s the delightfully upbeat ‘Brown’s Ferry Blues’ from Tony Trischka, featuring some wonderfully talented players, including Billy Strings. The song features stunning performances from an all-star band and it’s great to see the musicians at work in […]
Our runner up spot goes to Willy Vlautin with 59 points, a whole 13 ahead of third place. Nominated by seven AUK writers, crucially six of them had him in their Top 3, including three who place […]
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