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Steve Knightley “Positively Folk Street”

April 28, 2025 Rick Thorn 1

Heartfelt, simple tribute to early influences. A lot of tribute/cover albums can often leave you a little underwhelmed and wondering if the artist is just going through the motions or has run out of ideas. ‘Positively […]

Cover of Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane's album 'Double Takes'

Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane “Double Takes”

April 28, 2025 Jonny Brick 0

Ten songs packed with melody, musicianship and morals. Having known each other for two decades, and after recording a live album in 2018, Tentrees and Haldane combine in a Nashville studio under the auspices of producer […]

Ally Kerr “True Nature”

April 28, 2025 Helen Jones 0

A bright light of hopefulness shines from an album that finds promise even when things may look bleak. “Feels like a lifetime, I’ve been gone so long / But now I’m back again,” Scottish singer-songwriter Ally […]

Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts “Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads From Nova Scotia”

April 25, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

Traditional transatlantic folk songs spring to life on this splendid collection of bloody tales. Drag city isn’t a label you’d immediately associate with traditional Scottish folk songs but when Alasdair Roberts pressed a demo of his […]

artwork for Steph Cameron's album "Blood Moon"

Steph Cameron “Blood Moon”

April 25, 2025 Sebastian Reyes Turner 0

Communion between past and present is found through nature. The current musical landscape is so incredibly vast that it can be overwhelming at times. Internet, rather than providing a platform for talented unknown artists to reach […]

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 […]

Steve Knightley “Positively Folk Street”

Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane “Double Takes”

Ally Kerr “True Nature”

Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts “Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads From Nova Scotia”

Steph Cameron “Blood Moon”

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