Columns
AUK’s Back Pages No 4
We draw to a close to 2005 with the last four Friends Of Americana UK discs, covering September to December (Vol. 2 numbers 9-12). This was the first full year of these CDs and if you […]
Articles by Paul Kerr
Live Reviews
Live Review: Jerry Leger & The Situation + Anton O’Donnell – Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 21st May 2024
Back with his full band after a well-regarded solo tour last year, Jerry Leger has used this tour to play his latest album ‘Donlands’ in full, start to finish, on all the dates. It’s a brave […]
Album Reviews
Emily Barker “Fragile As Humans”
Emily Barker returns with an album which encapsulates the human condition with style and empathy. While it’s true that we humans are quite fragile (see Covid) we’re also quite resilient and it’s to that resilience that […]
Book Reviews
Book review: Brian Fairbanks “Willie, Waylon, And The Boys: How Nashville Outsiders Changed Country Music Forever”
On the face of it this book is essentially the story of how four “outsiders” (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson), via their trials and tribulations (and, let’s admit it, success) eventually joined […]
Album Reviews
John Moreland “Visitor”
John Moreland goes off grid and comes up with an album which is soul searching as he struggles to make sense of an always on line society After the bells and whistles (synths to be more […]