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AUK’s Chain Gang: Alex Chilton “No Sex”

March 28, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
With big balls abounding on our previous chain gang offering it seemed apt to, first of all, steer us away from any more testicular songs, and secondly, to see if we could find a song about […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on going solo for the first time in 10 years

March 25, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
The male half of My Darling Clementine talks about his singer songwriter influences and the joys of recording in rural Wales. For the past decade Michael Weston King has been primarily one half of My Darling […]
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Awkward Family Portraits “Dear Old West”

March 22, 2022 Paul Kerr 1
Dashing and gallus, Awkward Family Portraits are on top form here with their exotic blend of old time swing, country, blues and all points in between. Glasgow’s favourite purveyors of old time music, vaudeville and Western […]
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Live review: Dean Owens & The Sinners + Kirsten Adamson, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow – 13th March 2022

March 18, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
With his new album, ‘Sinner’s Shrine’, described as… “Riding high in the charts…with a bullet, Elton John’s shitting himself,” Dean Owens was clearly enjoying being back on stage, at long last. ‘Sinner’s Shrine’, recorded with Calexico […]
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Heather Sarona “Head Above Water”

February 25, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
A fine blend of folk and bluegrass on a fine debut album Hailing from a sparsely populated and remote region of North Carolina, Heather Sarona is a latecomer to recording. She’s been playing guitar and banjo […]

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Vox Continental: May 2026

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This month we have new music, new voices and a new layout. Keeping it Continental! We start this month’s column with a new album from Swedish country singer, Joulin Younis. It’s unusual to hear such a […]
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August Gladstone “The Golden West”

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Acclaimed poet adds music for an arresting debut. August Gladstone is described as a folksinger, poet, and troubadour influenced by the folk revival of the 60s and 70s. It can be quite problematic at times to […]
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Amanda Shires announces June UK gigs with Jack Browning in support

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Multi-instrumentalist Amanda Shires has announced a European tour for June 2026. The tour includes stops in the UK for performances at St. Luke’s in Glasgow and at the Tabernacle in London, and it follows the release […]

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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

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If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]
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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

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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 […]
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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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Just before Christmas, many of the festivals announced their line-ups. They dropped exciting news about headliners, and some early-bird tickets went on sale, but in the wave of office parties, desperate gift wrapping, and dodging ‘Last […]
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Michelle Lewis “All That’s Left” (Independent, 2018)

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Michelle Lewis makes folk music. This is a broad and unhelpful description. You’re welcome! It’s true though that at the root of this record is a solo performer with acoustic guitar and a rich, sweet voice. […]
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Jerry Leger “Lucky Streak – Latent Lounge, Live From The Hangar”

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An excellent solo performance of songs plucked from Leger’s back catalogue. Fast becoming a favourite on the UK live circuit, either solo or with his band The Situation, Canada’s Jerry Leger at times seems too good […]

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