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Taylor Rae “The Void”

April 30, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Solid second from Austin-based Californian singer-songwriter. It’s been four years since Taylor Rae put out her debut album “Mad Twenties” which got her a lot of attention and some commercial success. Since then, she has been […]

Bluegrass Briefs: Taff Rapids, The Seldom Scene, Merle Travis, The SteelDrivers, Chicken Wire Empire, EZRA

April 30, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Bluegrass is a truly multinational genre these days, as Taff Rapids demonstrate. Bands like The Seldom Scene and Chicken Wire Empire are pushing the boundaries while still respecting the traditions of Bluegrass past. That past is […]

Album cover art for Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill, Long After The Fire

Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill “Long After The Fire”

April 30, 2025 Daisy Innes 0

Even “Long After The Fire”, Peterson and Cowsill are finding sparks in the Americana embers. Husband and wife duo Vicki Peterson, of The Bangles fame, and John Cowsill, drummer for The Beach Boys and member of […]

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Hannah Rose Platt “Fragile Creatures”

April 29, 2025 Jonathan Smith 0

Stirring, intrepid journey into the medicine, myth and mystery of women’s history. Having released two solid (if traditional-sounding) singer-songwriter albums, Hannah Rose Platt swerved away from anything remotely conventional with 2023’s album ‘Deathbed Confessions’. Our review […]

Track Dogs “Tracks Laid, Tracks Covered”

April 29, 2025 Fiona Golden 0

An anthology of almost 20 years of Americana rock. For someone like this writer with very little in the way of an attention span, a 31-count tracklist on a single album is nothing short of daunting. […]

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

June 30, 2026 0

On Singing Machine, Microphone, the final track on David Borné’s 2023 debut Genesis, he sings of the unbridled, innocent joy of making music during childhood for nothing but the pure love of it. It’s a soaring […]

Ian Prowse “No Names”

June 30, 2026 0

Impassioned energy and emotionally charged politics from Merseyside luminary. Ian Prowse has been making music for more than thirty years, first with indie band Pele, then forming the band Amsterdam in 1999, and now releasing albums […]

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

June 30, 2026 0

Occasionally, we provide a compendium of recently announced live shows, so here are three sets of tour dates that came our way in the last few days. Gaslight Anthem main man, Brian Fallon, who recently led […]

Taylor Rae “The Void”

Bluegrass Briefs: Taff Rapids, The Seldom Scene, Merle Travis, The SteelDrivers, Chicken Wire Empire, EZRA

Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill “Long After The Fire”

Hannah Rose Platt “Fragile Creatures”

Track Dogs “Tracks Laid, Tracks Covered”

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

Ian Prowse “No Names”

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Dillon Warnek

Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks