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Angel White “Ghost Of The West”

April 7, 2025 Rick Thorn 0

An album with its feet firmly in the past but looking towards the future. All the PR surrounding this album states that Angel White is ‘‘a fifth-generation cowboy and beekeeper”. So, it would be remiss not […]

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John Cowan and Andrea Zonn “The HercuLeons“

April 4, 2025 Jonathan Smith 0

Sumptuous collection from long-time musical friends. With many decades of musical endeavour behind them playing with the likes of The Doobie Brothers (Cowan) and James Taylor, Lyle Lovett and Vince Gill (Zonn), ‘John Cowan and Andrea […]

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Joshua Burnside “Teeth of Time”

April 3, 2025 Chas Lacey 0

An innovative electronica-infused approach to melodic Irish folk. The upward trajectory of Belfast-based Joshua Burnside has been well-documented in the pages of AMA UK, such that many readers will be familiar with his brand of electronica-infused […]

Helene Cronin “Maybe New Mexico”

April 3, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

No ‘maybe’ about it: flawless bedrock americana through and through. There are a lot of typical americana topics on the ten tracks of Texas singer-songwriter Helene Cronin’s third album, ‘Maybe New Mexico’. We start off in […]

Northline “All Things Done”

April 2, 2025 Gordon Mackay 0

An intense, brooding return for Spain’s Northline. Northline are a 5-piece Spanish outfit fronted by singer and songwriter Enric Máñez. They are not the most prolific of bands; following a handful of EPs in 2020/21, this new […]

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1

As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0

Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]

Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0

In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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AUK’s Chain Gang: Lincoln le Fevre “Hope & Crown”

June 13, 2022 0

Last time on Chain Gang, Alasdair Fotheringham left us with “Forgotten Coast” by the excellent James McMurtry. “Forgotten Coast” was a standout track on 2015’s “Complicated Game”, which was succeeded last year by McMurtry’s most recent […]

Album Reviews

Andrew Gabbard “Ramble & Rave On!”

January 27, 2025 0

Like an hour on FM Radio. Most of what you need to know about Andrew Gabbard when coming to this, his third solo release, is that he’s also in the duo The Gabbard Brothers which grew […]

Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 54

May 10, 2022 0

God I’ve missed this…. So it happened this week. My last indoor gig was on the 19th March 2020 The Felice Brothers in Cambridge. It was small, intimate and alternately heartbreaking and raucously joyous. Everything live […]

Angel White “Ghost Of The West”

John Cowan and Andrea Zonn “The HercuLeons“

Joshua Burnside “Teeth of Time”

Helene Cronin “Maybe New Mexico”

Northline “All Things Done”

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