Mike Fiorito

Notes from abroad: Bluegrass legend Peter Rowan pays tribute to the Grateful Dead at Unlimited Devotion, Ardmore Music Hall, Pennsylvania – 2nd June 2023

June 21, 2023 Mike Fiorito 0

Unlimited Devotion is an annual event held in Pennsylvania’s Ardmore Music Hall to celebrate the music of the Grateful Dead and to raise funds for the Rex Foundation. This sixth Unlimited Devotion included two impromptu “supergroups,” […]

Live Review: Peter Rowan and Los Texmaniacs, The Uptown! Knauer Performing Art Center, West Chester, Pennsylvania – 23rd July 2022

August 2, 2022 Mike Fiorito 2

Peter Rowan and the Free Mexican Airforce, featuring Los Texmaniacs, completed their East Coast tour at the Uptown! Knauer Performing Art Center in West Chester, PA on July 13, 2022. Originally built as an armoury, the […]

Notes from abroad: Bluegrass and Americana is alive and kicking at the Suwanee Music Festival

May 4, 2022 Mike Fiorito 2

We’re always up for something new at AUK and when we were offered this intimate glimpse into what appears to be an idyllic bluegrass festival, held in the Suwanee Music Park in North Florida, we thought, […]

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”