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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Teenage Fanclub

October 1, 2025 Andrew Raw 0
Teenage Fanclub were formed in Glasgow in 1989 by guitarists Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley, drummer Francis Macdonald and bassist Gerard Love. Blake, McGinlay and Macdonald had all initially been in the same band, the Boy […]
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Album Reviews

Nicki Bluhm “Rancho Deluxe”

October 1, 2025 Bryan Bance 1
A timeless collection of songs rooted in the here and now. Nicki Bluhm knows a thing or two about life on the road having dedicated the better part of two decades as an itinerant musician. With […]
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My View: AI for art’s sake

October 1, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything. ~ The Sound of Music  The electronic music synthesiser provides a powerful tool for the composer or musician because he can reproduce or create […]
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Bombadil “How The Moon Got Back Home”

October 1, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0
Lunar adventures sparkling with acoustic folk and harmonies. Bombadil (no relation to The Bombadils) have been making music for two decades. Several band members have come and gone, but the core has remained constant. These are […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Sid Griffin, Twickfolk, Cabbage Patch, Twickenham – 21st September 2025

October 1, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0
Sid Griffin needs no introduction to these pages. Whether as co-founder of The Long Ryders, founder of The Coal Porters, solo artist, or with others and a frequently published writer, readers will know something of this […]

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Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”

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July 8, 2026 0

The Welcome Addition “Now Forever” – a mournful tale of self-sabotage

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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Clayton Chaney

AUK Mini-Gigs
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CR & The White Lights “My Old Self”

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Live Review: State Fayre Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford – 26th-28th June 2026

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Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”

July 8, 2026 0
Jason McNiff has announced the release of his latest album, Ten Blue Songs, his 10th, and, despite the melancholy title, he assures us it is a record of celebration, a celebration of the musical life he […]
Tracks

The Welcome Addition “Now Forever” – a mournful tale of self-sabotage

July 8, 2026 0
  Those of you familiar with us will know that we are a website based in the People’s Republic of Liverpool and so we’re always happy to feature music on our wavelength from around these parts […]
AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Clayton Chaney

July 8, 2026 0
With nearly two decades of songwriting under his belt, Clayton Chaney feels more connected than ever to his craft, offering some incredibly heartfelt, pensive, and witty songs grounded in real human experience. “I try to keep […]

  • Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”
  • The Welcome Addition “Now Forever” – a mournful tale of self-sabotage
  • Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Clayton Chaney
  • CR & The White Lights “My Old Self”
  • Live Review: State Fayre Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford – 26th-28th June 2026
  • Ferris & Sylvester “Jealous” – go green, my hulk
  • Video: Pokey LaFarge “The Thing” – I can’t get no satisfaction
  • Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations
  • George Mann and Si Kahn “Mayday!”
  • JP Harris is “Shaving A Dead Man” with his new album
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
Interviews

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

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Video Premiere: Love Me in the Dark “Old Soul”

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This is the international video premiere of the new lyric video from Love Me in the Dark.  The voices of Steve McCormick and Heather Donavon blend beautifully.  The two met on stage five years ago and […]
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Something for the weekend: Big Red Machine “Phoenix”

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Well that’s it from us for another week. We are human here at AUK, or 95% of us are anyway, and accordingly we will occasionally miss something epic, a case in question being this track from […]

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