Graeme Tait

Cover art for Jay Buchanan album "Weapons Of Beauty"

Jay Buchanan “Weapons Of Beauty”

February 18, 2026 Graeme Tait 2

Debut solo album from Rival Sons’ frontman reflects his interest in roots-influenced songwriting, but frustratingly fails to add up to the sum of its parts. Jay Buchanan is best known as the lead vocalist for Grammy-nominated […]

Cover art for Julian Taylor's album "Anthology II"

Julian Taylor “Anthology II”

January 28, 2026 Graeme Tait 0

A second career retrospective album from the much-admired Canadian singer-songwriter helps complete his musical backstory, spanning over 25 years. With over 25 years in the music business under his belt, Julian Taylor has built an impeccable […]

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Graeme Tait

January 15, 2026 Graeme Tait 8

This new feature has now been running for approximately four months. During that time, I have simultaneously sympathised with my fellow writers at the magnitude of the challenge they have faced and marvelled at the array […]

Promo-photo of Paul Armer & the Dawn Chorus supplied by Paul Armer

AUK’s EP Round-Up – January 2026

January 14, 2026 Graeme Tait 2

Welcome back, dear readers, to the first ‘Monthly EPs Round-Up’ for 2026. Now, although we are already well into January, our selections this month comprise EPs released towards the end of last year that arrived on […]

Cover art to Jerry Jeff Walker album "The Best Of, The Millennium Collection"

For The Sake Of The Song: Jerry Jeff Walker “Mr Bojangles”

December 15, 2025 Graeme Tait 5

Ronald Clyde Crosby was born in 1942 in Oneonta, a small city in Otsego County, New York, but to you and me, and the rest of the musical world, he was better known as Jerry Jeff […]