Album Reviews
Angus McOg “Cirrus”
A record that in the right time, place and mood has a lot to offer. The name Angus Mc Og conjures up images of a cartoon character from a Scottish newspaper; in fact the Daily Record […]
Articles by Richard Parkinson
Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 Jolie Holland Songs
Ten essential songs by Jolie Holland seemed like a good idea for a piece for AUK but seriously when the time came to choose only 10 songs from her 20 year career the practical impossibility of […]
Album Reviews
Robert Jon & The Wreck “One Of A Kind”
Robert Jon & The Wreck deliver a classic EP with new label and name producers. Robert Jon & The Wreck are a hard rocking band from Southern California but, if their sound is anything to by, […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Great Speckled Bird “Great Speckled Bird”
Until the ‘Festival Express’ movie was finally released on DVD in 2004, Ian and Sylvia Tyson’s band, Great Speckled Bird, had been an act known mainly by collectors and as the group Buddy Cage left to […]
Album Reviews
Eric Bibb “Ridin'”
‘Ridin’’ is a strong and moving record that will reveal and reward more on repeated plays. Following 2021’s ‘Dear America’, Eric Bibb returns with his new album ‘Ridin’’. The Stockholm-based expatriate American revisits his family’s activism […]