Columns
AUK Back Pages No. 13
We’re at the tail end of 2008 now which means that we have an extra disc to mention, a Christmas gift to our subscribers who received a “Best 0f 2008” CD along with their December fix. […]
Month: April 2025
Album Reviews
Steve Tilston “Last Call”
A swansong from an influential folk songwriter which is both topical and traditional Some 50+ years on from his 1971 debut ‘An Acoustic Confusion’ Steve Tilston has announced that ‘Last Call’ is to be his last […]
Tracks
Kassi Valazza “Shadow of Lately” – why is life so bittersweet?
There’s a sombre tone to the latest single from Kassi Valazza’s new album ‘From Newman Street’ which is due out May 2nd via Fluff & Gravy Records, and via our friends over at Loose in UK/Europe, […]
Videos
Video Premiere: Ellis J Barraclough “Patience”
Check out the remarkably accomplished debut single from teenage singer-songwriter Ellis J Barraclough. “Patience” is a brilliantly crafted and arranged song, displaying impressive maturity in Barraclough’s writing. Over a rhythmic acoustic strum, smooth notes of electric […]
Obituaries
The Song Remains: Michael Hurley (1941- 2025)
The passing of Michael Hurley who died on April 1st aged 83 closes the chapter on a remarkable musician. AUK wrote of him a while back that he “ploughed his own unique furrow of pastoral, homespun […]