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Video Premiere: Claire Hawkins “Wants Me Back”

November 25, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the video premiere of ‘Wants Me Back’, the latest single from New York singer-songwriter Claire Hawkins. The song was written during Hawkins’ time as an Artist-in-Residence at the Odyssée Artist Residency Program in Canet-en-Roussillon, France, […]

Gillain Wwelch @ Jazz Fest, New Orleans, 29 April 2007

For the Sake of the Song: Gillian Welch “Everything Is Free”

November 24, 2025 Helen Jones 2

It’s hard to remember now, but there was a time in the early-00s when music piracy was the hot topic. At the turn of the millennium, Metallica member Lars Ulrich famously took the free file-sharing service […]

Caught Light: Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers on time, trust and the art of letting go

November 24, 2025 John Lee 1

As we meet, Tony Dekker is sitting outside a café in Vancouver, Canada. It’s a fitting setting for a conversation with the Great Lake Swimmers’ frontman – calm, thoughtful and quietly attuned to the world around […]

The Pleasures live at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 15th November 2025

Live Review: The Pleasures + Andrew Leahey, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 15th November 2025

November 24, 2025 Graeme Tait 2

The contribution made by Australian artists to the Country and Americana music scene worldwide is far too often overlooked, particularly on this side of the pond, yet they have produced some of the finest musicians and […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 211 “Distractions”

November 24, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 2

Following last week’s brief posting, there might be a bit more meat on the bones this week, so to speak. Given the size of my right leg, there’s plenty to go around as the swelling reminds […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0

Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]

Year: 2025

Video Premiere: Claire Hawkins “Wants Me Back”

For the Sake of the Song: Gillian Welch “Everything Is Free”

Caught Light: Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers on time, trust and the art of letting go

Live Review: The Pleasures + Andrew Leahey, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 15th November 2025

Sounds from beyond the Shed 211 “Distractions”

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring author and journalist Liz Thomson