December 2025 – Page 9

Mark Whitfield, AUK Editor’s top 20 songs of 2025: Part Two, 10-1

December 16, 2025 Mark Whitfield 2

Following on from yesterday’s piece where I counted down from 20-11, here are my top ten tracks from 2025 which for me form the heart of the website and why I still love editing it after […]

Paperback Riders: Southern Writers and the bleaker bits of Christmas

December 16, 2025 Tim Martin 0

For 2023’s festive ‘Paperback Riders‘, we looked at ‘A Christmas Carol‘ and why it is the best-loved seasonal book in the USA, despite being so quintessentially English. Maybe it’s Charles Dickens’s ghosts and redemption themes, or […]

More People Really Should Know About: The East Pointers

December 16, 2025 FredArnold 0

Prince Edward Island, on Canada’s eastern seaboard, is a hotbed of musical talent, with a revolving community of extremely talented musicians who are helping to preserve the Celtic/folk traditions of the area while advancing the genre’s […]

Joe Wilkes latest album arriving after a difficult period in February 2026

December 16, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Singer-songwriter Joe Wilkes has announced the release of his latest album “Hope In My Chest, Fire in My Throat” via Frontline Records on 27th February 2026. Wilkes new record is intended as both a tribute to […]

The Twang Factor 4 Results: Hannah Crossrose takes third place

December 16, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

In horse racing, it is called win, place or show, and by coming in third through a vote by the judges, Hannah Crossrose showed off her vocals and songwriting skills to good advantage. After the release […]