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Autumn Hollow “Meantime/Between Time”

May 20, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Taken from the new EP, ‘Throw the House’, due out June 17 through Oak Honest Records, ‘Meantime / Between Time‘ is the lead single from the reconstituted Boston band Autumn Hollow. It’s a song which, ironically […]

RISO “Closer” – Parting is such sweet sorrow

May 19, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

RISO is the folk band of Matt Rolland and Rebekah Sandoval Rolland, and you’ll recall regular reader, that we were quite complimentary about Rebekah Rolland’s 2018 release ‘Seed & Silo‘. And the family band, whilst very […]

Frank Poindexter With The Rice Brothers “Washington & Lee Swing” – Dobro Delights

May 18, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1

Frank Poindexter is a natural choice for the Wednesday afternoon “instrumental when we have ’em” Track slot, not only is he a master of dobro but his back story is quite simple one of those that […]

Drive -By Truckers “The Driver” – holy crap, this is intense

May 18, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Look, all we have to say is here’s some more evidence that suggests that the new album ‘Welcome 2 Club XIII‘ is going to do rather well on the end of year lists. ‘Welcome 2 Club […]

Izaak Opatz “Extra Medium”

May 18, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

True tales of romantic struggling. Izaak Opatz has been meandering towards ‘Extra Medium‘ for a while – a couple of years back he had an album of mostly country covers and two remakes of songs he […]

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0

In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]

All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

July 1, 2026 0

The music of Alton and Rabon Delmore continues to influence generations of singers and songwriters across multiple genres. From their first appearance as the Delmore Brothers at the 1926 Athens Fiddlers Convention, their intricate harmonies took […]

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

July 1, 2026 1

Unfashionable but influential collaborative indie singer-songwriter enjoys a career-spanning retrospective following her untimely death earlier this year. Lynn Blakey was not a name that gained a great deal of traction commercially but she was an influential […]

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