Features
I Write The Songs – the second verse
Time for change. Back at the end of June, I wrote the most recent article in this series, featuring the late, great, Cynthia Weil, and said that I would be taking a break over the summer […]
Articles by Rick Bayles
Columns
View from Across La Manche #20 – from our own correspondent
It’s so hard to say Au Revoir, so let’s just say Hors d’Oeuvre. Autumn arrived with something of a bang a few weeks back. On October 16th it was 28C and bright sunshine, on October 17th […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Amy Yates Wuelfing, with Joan Arkuszewski and Loren Hunt “Still Drinkin’ & Smokin’, Rockin’ & Rollin’: An Oral History of New Hope’s John & Peter’s”.
The majority of books that we get for review here at AUK take the form of biographies or personal memoirs. This is a book that really falls a bit into both categories, yet it has little […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Cidny Bullens “TransElectric: My Life as a Cosmic Rock Star”
On the surface, this book could be just another story of rock and roll excess and the struggle for fame – if it wasn’t for the fascinating addition of the transition of wannabe female rock star […]
Features
VERSIONS: “Love Hurts”
‘Love Hurts’ was written by Boudleaux Bryant in the summer of 1960, and it’s a song with quite a fascinating history. Bryant and his wife, Felice, were the main writers for the Everly Brothers during this […]