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It’s time for one of our occasional reach-outs. AUK is seeking enthusiastic writers to join our team and review new albums and/or live shows in the UK. There is no remuneration, but there is a lot […]

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Video: Paul Kelly “Rita Wrote a Letter”

August 14, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Paul Kelly has announced a new album, “Seventy”, which comes out on November 7th, and the first track to be taken from it has been a while in the making – it’s a follow-up to an […]

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Something for the weekend: Margo Price “Losing Streak”

August 8, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and we leave you with a new track from Margo Price who revisits her earliest days in Nashville on ‘Losing Streak’, sleeping off a three-day party […]

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Video: Dug “Have At It” – a distinct and original take on contemporary folk

August 8, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Comprised of Californian multi-instrumentalist Jonny Pickett and Scottish-American artist Lorkin O’Reilly, whose solo work has quietly generated over 26 million Spotify streams, DUG have firmly established themselves as one of the most unique and relatable forces […]

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Something for the weekend: Bright Eyes “1st World Blues”

August 1, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. If you’re an AUK supporter, this month’s playlist will be with you at 5pm and we leave you in the meantime with a new song from […]

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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