Paul Kerr

Live Review: Roots In The Round – Dean Owens, Kirsten Adamson and Matt Joe Gow, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 11th July 2024

July 16, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

A few years back (2017 in fact) Dean Owens adopted the Nashville tradition of a “singers in the round” night for a tour featuring him, Robert Vincent and The Worry Dolls (reviewed here). He’s revitalised the […]

Johnny Blue Skies “Passage Du Desir”

July 12, 2024 Paul Kerr 1

Under a pen name, country’s most radical act storms back into the picture. Johnny Blue who? Let’s not kid ourselves, “Passage Du Desir” (named for an alleyway in Paris) is the latest attempt by Sturgill Simpson […]

Live Review: The Weeping Willows + Calum Park, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow – 2nd July 2024

July 12, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

There was a lot of love for Australian duo The Weeping Willows on their return to Glasgow with several in the audience at The Glad Café having a long time bond with the pair. Andrew Wrigglesworth, […]

AUK Shortcuts: SUSS, Morningbird, Honey On Our Tongues, Kacy Lee Anderson & The Waverley Pickers, JP Payton, Steve Hartsoe and M. Butterfly

July 9, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

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 […]

AUK’s Back Pages No.5

June 26, 2024 Paul Kerr 1

Well, it’s 2006 and what do we find but a revamped website. A new logo/ banner/design is proudly unveiled as our editor Mark gently breaks the news to our readers on the first post of the […]

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John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3

Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

May 26, 2026 0

A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]

For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

May 26, 2026 0

This song is on Sheryl Crow’s Wildflower album, released in 2005 to lukewarm critical response. It was a low-key collection of songs – no All I Wanna Do or Soak Up the Sun among them – […]

Interviews

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3

Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2

Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

Album Reviews

Ryan Glenn “Faraway Rose”

June 8, 2021 0

Distinctive and authentic, Glenn keeps things fresh while proving age is no barrier when it comes to maintaining a traditional sound. North Texas native Ryan Glenn may only be 19 years old, but that doesn’t mean […]

Album Reviews

Stephen Jacques “Pioneers and Fragrant Flowers”

August 11, 2025 0

A musical history lesson from an expressive and worldly songwriter. Stephen Jacques is an alt-rock musician, guitarist and chronicler of stories in song. He hails originally from New Orleans and New York but now lives in […]

Tracks

Native Harrow “I Wanna Thank You” – no, no, thank you!

August 23, 2024 0

And we know what you’re thinking, dear loyal reader, “he’s run out of big names, what a shame”. Well, without getting all More People Should Know About… with you all, but for whatever value this opinion […]

Articles by Paul Kerr

Live Review: Roots In The Round – Dean Owens, Kirsten Adamson and Matt Joe Gow, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 11th July 2024

Johnny Blue Skies “Passage Du Desir”

Live Review: The Weeping Willows + Calum Park, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow – 2nd July 2024

AUK Shortcuts: SUSS, Morningbird, Honey On Our Tongues, Kacy Lee Anderson & The Waverley Pickers, JP Payton, Steve Hartsoe and M. Butterfly

AUK’s Back Pages No.5

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”

Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson