January 2025 – Page 20

Live Review: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers + H.C. McEntire, Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, North Carolina – 16th November, 2024

January 14, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

There always comes a moment in any antsy, over-stuffed crowd waiting for the main performer to take the stage, when a chorus of voices rises, hands clapping as the house music fades. It was no different […]

Artwork for Hardwicke Circus album "Cumbria Pizza"

Hardwicke Circus “Cumbria Pizza”

January 14, 2025 Andy Short 0

Unplugged live performance from the Pizza Express. Hardwicke Circus return after their well-received album “Fly the Flag” with a live recording at London’s up-and-coming venue, the Pizza Express in Holborn. It captures a rousing night where […]

Without Willow “Sink My Teeth” – it’s called self-defence

January 14, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Without Willow are a singer-songwriter duo who lean towards the folkier end of Americana. This new song features the intricate guitar playing of Simon McCafferty and the haunting, heartfelt vocals of Karen Kelly. Without Willow hail […]

Video: Jerry Douglas “The Fifth Season”

January 14, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

This performance from Dobro-legend Jerry Douglas is simply stunning. “The Fifth Season” is an epic piece of music that moves through several phases, each utterly absorbing and full of emotion and atmosphere. Douglas is accompanied by […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Other Brother Daryl

January 13, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

It’s probably the same anywhere in the world. Even though, your first exposure to popular music most likely came from the radio, you come to love local music, the bands and the clubs. Being born and […]

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0

“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0

The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0

When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]

Month: January 2025

Live Review: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers + H.C. McEntire, Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, North Carolina – 16th November, 2024

Hardwicke Circus “Cumbria Pizza”

Without Willow “Sink My Teeth” – it’s called self-defence

Video: Jerry Douglas “The Fifth Season”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Other Brother Daryl

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”

Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates