December 2025 – Page 21

Eric Bibb “If You’re Free” – freedom is never free

December 8, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

The latest single from Eric Bibb is the third taster from his new album “One Mississippi“, and finds the three time-Grammy nominated singer questioning what it is to be free. From the basics of being free […]

Video Premiere: Breanne Marie & The Front Porch Sinners “Shelf”

December 8, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the video premiere for ‘Shelf‘, the latest single from Duluth singer-songwriter Breanne Marie Tepler and her band The Front Porch Sinners. The band create a full sound with absorbing layers and depth. Over Tarek Makky’s […]

Something for the weekend: Joy Oladokun feat. Sheryl Crow “I’d Miss the Birds”

December 5, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you’re an AUK supporter, your monthly newsletter will be with you at 5pm with our exclusive end of year best of 2025 playlist which we […]

Jingle Bells Friday – I want to see the bright Xmas lights tonight

December 5, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

And now the sweating starts, the raised heartbeat rate, the stark all all-encompassing, totally overwhelming fear…yes, there are less than three weeks to go to the Big Day. How does this happen every single year? Or, […]

Sam Shackleton “Scottish Cowboy Ballads and Early American Folk Songs”

December 5, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

An excellent reclamation of far-scattered folk songs. On his second album, Edinburgh’s Sam Shackleton continues to display his love of and mastery of American folk music while infusing it with an unmistakable Scottish presence. His debut […]

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

Eric Bibb “If You’re Free” – freedom is never free

Video Premiere: Breanne Marie & The Front Porch Sinners “Shelf”

Something for the weekend: Joy Oladokun feat. Sheryl Crow “I’d Miss the Birds”

Jingle Bells Friday – I want to see the bright Xmas lights tonight

Sam Shackleton “Scottish Cowboy Ballads and Early American Folk Songs”

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”