Alasdair Fotheringham

Diane Patterson “Satchel of Songs”

May 30, 2022 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

A compelling, accomplished addition to uncompromising musical activism. It’s fair to say that some albums or bands which proudly wear a beating heart of activism on their sleeves like Diane Patterson’s ‘Satchel of Songs‘ sometimes risk […]

Susan Cattaneo “All Is Quiet”

April 25, 2022 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Lifts the ‘pandemic’ genre of music to fresh, inspirational heights. COVID-19 came roaring back into the British mainstream media last week courtesy of the police fine received by Boris Johnson for his (and we’re probably being […]

How I Write A Song: Paul Kelly

December 2, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 1

As part of our occasional series of How I Write A Song as his new Christmas album comes out, AUK talked to one of Australia’s best-known singer-songwriters, Paul Kelly. Paul Kelly’s career now spans five decades […]

Classic Americana Albums: John Moreland “Big Bad Luv”

November 17, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

“It’s no use, God bless these blues, let’s get wrecked and bruised and battered,” is just one of John Moreland’s more ‘cheerful’ reflections on his ‘Big Bad Luv’ album about how he has finally found an […]

Frank Richard “Rough Enough”

November 15, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 2

Long overdue addition to top-grade Americana, but well worth the wait. When a US singer-songwriter with enough mileage on his clock to have been arrested at an anti-Vietnam demonstration and received his first guitar lesson from […]

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”