December 2025 – Page 11

Mark Whitfield, AUK Editor’s top 20 songs of 2025: Part One, 20-11

December 15, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s been another very full on year here in AUK Towers, a year in which we got bombarded with albums but more than that, by the four minute pieces of music which make them up – […]

Jesper Lindell shares the address for his new album for 2026

December 15, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Swedish singer-songwriter Jesper Lindell has released his cover of Willie Nelson’s ‘Pretend I Never Happened’ from his forthcoming album “3614 Jackson Highway“, which comes out on CD, LP, and digital platforms on March 6 via Yep […]

Live Review: Hannah Aldridge + Jason Charles Miller, Cart and Horses, Stratford, London – 25th November 2025

December 15, 2025 David Jarman 0

I describe myself as a live music junkie – I can never get enough – and the particular joys for me include favourite artists, much loved venues, and of course new artists and new venues. The […]

Fairport Convention announce acts for 2026 Cropredy festival

December 15, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

After a sold-out edition in 2025, Fairport’s Cropredy Convention returns for 2026 with a trademark line-up of folk and rock heavyweights, alongside some of the UK’s most established and upcoming talent. Taking place across the 13th, […]

Cover art to Jerry Jeff Walker album "The Best Of, The Millennium Collection"

For The Sake Of The Song: Jerry Jeff Walker “Mr Bojangles”

December 15, 2025 Graeme Tait 5

Ronald Clyde Crosby was born in 1942 in Oneonta, a small city in Otsego County, New York, but to you and me, and the rest of the musical world, he was better known as Jerry Jeff […]

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 0

Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

Artwork for Sailing Sones album "Slow Magic"

Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

July 21, 2026 0

Absorbing collection of songs that subtly reveal the quiet joys of motherhood. The first sound that emerges from the new Sailing Stones album, Slow Magic, is the metronomic rhythm of a baby’s heartbeat with its gentle […]

More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

July 21, 2026 0

If you’ve ever found yourself searching for music that offers comfort without pretending life is easy, then you should know Travis Shallow. He writes songs that acknowledge the darkness but never surrender to it, and he […]

Month: December 2025

Mark Whitfield, AUK Editor’s top 20 songs of 2025: Part One, 20-11

Jesper Lindell shares the address for his new album for 2026

Live Review: Hannah Aldridge + Jason Charles Miller, Cart and Horses, Stratford, London – 25th November 2025

Fairport Convention announce acts for 2026 Cropredy festival

For The Sake Of The Song: Jerry Jeff Walker “Mr Bojangles”

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

Live Review: Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons + Red Hash + Ella Spencer, Water Rats, London – 8th July 2026

Martin Carthy “Along the Road Forever – Live at the BBC”