Dean Nardi

Live Review: The Dead South + Sunny War, Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, North Carolina – 2nd May 2025

May 12, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

The amphitheatre lights faded to black, and there was a stillness in the night; the canned music stopped playing; a murmur sounding like the drone of traffic on the Interstate emanated from the crowd as people […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Nikki O’Neill

April 30, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

This next video in the mini-gig series recorded exclusively for AUK comes from Nikki O’Neill, a singer/songwriter and guitarist based in Chicago, the city she has called home since 2020. Born in Los Angeles, she grew […]

Interview: Vanessa Collier Does It Her own Way

April 29, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Be daring, be yourself, be willing to take risks and stand alone. Vanessa Collier’s music is gritty, raw, and at times, either downright sad or bubbling happy. As with most songwriters worth their salt, her songs […]

For the Sake of the Song: Elvis Costello “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes”

April 28, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Elvis Costello provides a taste of his cynical capacity in (The Angels Wanna Wear My) ‘Red Shoes’, which is somewhat of an anti-fairy tale with more than a little foresight due to Hans Christian Andersen’s gruesome, […]

More People Should Really Know About: Seth Walker

April 15, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

No less an authority than Delbert McClinton, who Rolling Stone once called “The Godfather of Americana Music”, remarked of Seth Walker: “The first time I heard Seth Walker at a small club in Nashville I was […]