Album Reviews
Steve Earle & The Dukes “J.T.”
Steve Earle pays tribute to his late son, Justin, on a very emotive album You’d need a heart of stone not to be touched by Steve Earle’s latest “tribute” album. Previously he has released ‘Townes’ and […]
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Album Reviews
Gillian Welch “Boots No. 2 The Lost Songs Box Set” (Acony Records, 2020)
When they come to write the social history of 2020, perhaps the only folk with fond memories of the year will be fans of Gillian Welch. Previously quite spare with her recordings (five albums in 15 […]
Album Reviews
Josh King “The Shed” (Independent, 2020)
Gosh, yet another lockdown album, it’s getting that our end of year awards might have to include this as a new category. If so, Josh King would certainly be in the running as this short but […]
Album Reviews
Reg Meuross “Raw” (Hatsongs, 2020)
Normally AUK doesn’t review releases sent to us more than six months after their release. This album, the third in a trilogy of stripped back folk songs from Reg Meuross, was originally released back in October […]
Album Reviews
Elvis Perkins “Creation Myths” (MIR/Petulama Records,2020)
Full disclosure. This reviewer was quite enamoured of Elvis Perkins’ first two albums, ‘Ash Wednesday’ and the more emphatic ‘Elvis Perkins In Dearland’, at the tail end of the aughties, finding him to be a literate […]