Paul Kerr

Live Review: Dean Owens & The Sinners, Glad Café, Glasgow – 18th December 2023

January 4, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

It’s somewhat fitting that the last gig this reviewer saw in 2023 was by Dean Owens who, a few days later, was pronounced the winner of Best UK Americana act in our latest annual Readers Poll. […]

Ian M. Bailey “We Live In Strange Times”

December 15, 2023 Paul Kerr 1

Ian M Bailey travels further into 1960s sounds, more nuanced as he progresses No stranger to these pages now, Ian M. Bailey forges on ahead in his reclamation of multilayered tones from the hallowed 60s’ heyday […]

Kate Rusby “Light Years”

December 14, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Kate Rusby offers another Christmas album which actually conveys some of the true spirit of the season Kate Rusby does seem to like Christmas. ‘Light Years’ is her seventh seasonal album and, like its predecessors, it […]

AUK Shortcuts November 2023: David Deacon, Joe Martin, Rite Flyers, Licking The Moose, Dusty Stray, The Heart Collectors, Jonny Morgan, Jordan Nix, Little Jane & The Pistol Whips The Dig 3 and The Liam Ward Band.

November 30, 2023 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 […]

Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels “The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia March 16th, 1973”

November 28, 2023 Paul Kerr 1

A welcome and rare capture of Gram Parsons, along with Emmylou Harris, live back in 1973. Unearthed 50 years after it was recorded, ‘The Last Roundup’ is a rare live capture of Gram Parsons and his […]

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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 – […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Video: Deep Dark River “Starfire”

May 16, 2019 0

The first single from their new album “King Of The Forest”, out on June 21st, is this wonderfully mournful song from Canadian outfit Deep Dark River. Very good indeed.

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Hurray for the Riff Raff’s “Pa’lante” – Listen

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From this month’s Friends Of compilation (out now on digital download!) there’s been some discussion of a striking track by Hurray for the Riff Raff called “Pa’lante” which is an incredible listen. Pitchfork have written a […]

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Lucinda Williams covers Bobbie Gentry with Mercury Rev – Listen

January 24, 2019 0

Lucinda Williams has recorded a cover of Bobbie Gentry’s ‘Ode to Billie Joe,’ as a contribution to Mercury Rev’s adventurous re-imagining of Gentry’s largely forgotten (until now) 1968 sophomore album, ‘The Delta Sweete.’ RS Country describes it […]

Articles by Paul Kerr

Live Review: Dean Owens & The Sinners, Glad Café, Glasgow – 18th December 2023

Ian M. Bailey “We Live In Strange Times”

Kate Rusby “Light Years”

AUK Shortcuts November 2023: David Deacon, Joe Martin, Rite Flyers, Licking The Moose, Dusty Stray, The Heart Collectors, Jonny Morgan, Jordan Nix, Little Jane & The Pistol Whips The Dig 3 and The Liam Ward Band.

Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels “The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia March 16th, 1973”

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