Paul Kerr

Steve Earle & The Dukes “J.T.”

December 23, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

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 […]

Gillian Welch “Boots No. 2 The Lost Songs Box Set” (Acony Records, 2020)

December 18, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

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 […]

Josh King “The Shed” (Independent, 2020)

December 10, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

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 […]

Reg Meuross “Raw” (Hatsongs, 2020)

October 30, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

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 […]

Elvis Perkins “Creation Myths” (MIR/Petulama Records,2020)

October 27, 2020 Paul Kerr 1

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 […]