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Still searching for the Holy Grail, a 10/10 album, so keep sending them in.
Live Reviews

Live Review: Ramblin’ Roots Revue, University of Bucks, 4th–6th April 2025 – Photo Feature

April 16, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Following on from Oliver Gray’s review of the Ramblin’ Roots Revue, AUK is happy to add this brief selection of photographs taken at the event by Paul Bevan. Featuring stage shots and some candid backstage photos […]
Columns

AUK Short Cuts: Nero Simon and The Sunsetters, Jamie Bernstein, Sam Bergquist, Delta Stardust, Madison Hughes, Mirrored Daughters and some Bees And Honey

April 11, 2025 Paul Kerr 1
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites […]
Columns

AUK Back Pages No. 13

April 10, 2025 Paul Kerr 1
We’re at the tail end of 2008 now which means that we have an extra disc to mention, a Christmas gift to our subscribers who received a “Best 0f 2008” CD along with their December fix.  […]
Album Reviews

Steve Tilston “Last Call”

April 10, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
A swansong from an influential folk songwriter which is both topical and traditional Some 50+ years on from his 1971 debut ‘An Acoustic Confusion’ Steve Tilston has announced that ‘Last Call’ is to be his last […]
Obituaries

The Song Remains: Michael Hurley (1941- 2025)

April 9, 2025 Paul Kerr 1
The passing of Michael Hurley who died on April 1st aged 83 closes the chapter on a remarkable musician. AUK wrote of him a while back that he “ploughed his own unique furrow of pastoral, homespun […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”

Features
July 27, 2026 0

Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”

Album Reviews
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Robert Plany Savking Grace

Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

News
July 27, 2026 0
Cover art for Tucker Zimmerman album "Dream Me A Dream"

Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”

Album Reviews
July 27, 2026 0

Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”

News
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Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”

July 27, 2026 0
Dean Owens is, of course, no stranger to these pages. With twelve albums and numerous AUK awards behind him, a search on this site will provide pages of reviews, interviews and videos. Typing the name Michael […]
Album Reviews

Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”

July 27, 2026 0
A labour of love, twenty years in the making from renowned Irish singer-songwriter. It is more than twenty years since Mick Flannery released his debut album Evening Train, but the tale it told of (as he puts […]
Robert Plany Savking Grace
News

Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

July 27, 2026 0
The Americana Music Association has announced that singer, songwriter and musical trailblazer Robert Plant will receive the Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th Annual Americana Honours & Awards, taking place on 16th September 2026, at […]

  • For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”
  • Mick Flannery “The House Must Win”
  • Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”
  • Morton Valence “So Far Away” – all the distance inbetween
  • Video: James White & The Wild Fire “The Girl From Fort Worth” – peace on the other side
  • Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”
  • Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”
  • Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward
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Interviews

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]
Interviews

Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

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Album Reviews

Schmoon “Pretty Darn Pretty”

January 9, 2025 0
Indie-folk offers originality with a number of highlights. Matt Cascella may not be a name that rings lots of bells, but this is not his first visit to these digital pages. In 2018 we featured his […]
Album Reviews

I Was A King “Until the End”

December 18, 2025 0
Warm, melodic and moving guitar music from Norway. I Was A King have been at the heart of the Norwegian music scene for the best part of 20 years. For their 10th studio album, the band […]
Features

How using Bandcamp supports artists and their music

August 16, 2023 6
That Spotify and other streaming services pay artists badly is hardly news anymore. Many groups and labels direct you towards Bandcamp, which offers a vastly better payday, as well as giving them control of their music […]

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