December 2025 – Page 16

Laura Hugo “Radio” – stay tuned to this frequency

December 11, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Laura Hugo’s new single ‘Radio‘ is her first single since 2017 and comes in advance of her five song EP “Where We Go To Grieve” which will be released early next year. ‘Radio‘ is a poignant […]

Video Premiere: Foy Vance “I Think I Preferred The Question”

December 11, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

We’re delighted to premiere the latest single from Northern Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance. ‘I Think I Preferred The Question’ opens with simmering, shimmering tension and thumping percussion like a heavy, slow heartbeat. When Vance begins to […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Calexico

December 10, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0

Next year, Calexico will have been around for 30 years, which I find hard to believe. Core members John Convertino and Joey Burns first met in 1990 through their mutual friend Howe Gelb, when Convertino was […]

artwork for The Mammals album "Touch Grass Vol. 1"

The Mammals “Touch Grass Vol.1 & 2”

December 10, 2025 Chas Lacey 2

Contemporary folk-rock from the Catskills, blending family life with social commentary. In April 2023, our Live Reviews carried an account of a show in Lincolnshire that our reviewer defined as an “I was there” moment. The […]

Luke Tyler Shelton prom photo for "Blue Sky" EP

AUK’s Top 10 EPs of 2025

December 10, 2025 Graeme Tait 8

So here we are, dear readers, at that point in the year where we take a look back over the preceding months and marvel at the myriad of wonderful music that has adorned these articles. Of […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 2

If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”