Paul Kerr

Book Review: Rob Miller “The Hours Are Long But The Pay Is Low: A Curious Life in Independent Music”

October 24, 2025 Paul Kerr 1

A hugely entertaining account of Chicago’s Bloodshot Records. An independent label that was “too rock for country, and too country for punk.” Bloodshot Records was one of the pioneering labels when Alt/Insurgent Country became a thing […]

AUK Shortcuts: Kirsten Adamson, Garrett Hendricks, Levi Foster, Austin Stambaugh, Jack Schneider, The Shallow Riverbanks, Elizabeth & Jameson and Peter Stampfel

October 20, 2025 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 Back Pages No. 19

October 16, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

It’s the run-up to jingle bells once more as we explore the last quarter of 2010 via the archives still available and the monthly CDs sent out to our fee-paying Friends of Americana UK. The four […]

The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Paul Kerr

October 9, 2025 Paul Kerr 2

Jeez! You sign up to Americana UK, thinking you’re on the road to hobnobbing with the stars in the VIP area at gigs, and then you’re thrown a curveball. Your top ten americana songs? First off, […]

Neko Case “Neon Grey Midnight Green”

October 6, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

After an eight year absence Neko Case returns with a richly textured album. In the wake of her harrowing and well reviewed book “The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You: A Memoir” Neko Case delivers […]