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Anniversary Cheers – Rain Parade’s “Emergency Third Rail Power Trip” celebrates 40 years

December 18, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Although Michael Quercio of the band The Three O’Clock is credited with coining the term “Paisley Underground” Rain Parade’s debut ‘Emergency Third Rail Power Trip’ became the album that defined the sound. Released in early 1983 […]

Artwork for Willie Nelson album "Last Leaf on the Tree"

Willie Nelson “Last Leaf on the Tree”

December 17, 2024 Peter Thompson 0

Well put together album of mostly covers from legendary songwriter and interpreter of others’ songs. Willie Nelson needs no introduction; the subject of this review is the legend’s 76th studio album release. “Last Leaf on the […]

artwork for Lucinda Williams album "Sings The Beatles from Abbey Road"

Lucinda Williams “Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road”

December 17, 2024 Graeme Tait 2

Vol. 7 of Lucinda Williams’ celebrated ‘Jukebox Themed Performance Series’, sees the Grammy-winning artist turn her sights on the Fab Four. Having originally started her ‘Jukebox Series’, during the pandemic in 2020 as a way to […]

Various Artists “Can’t Steal My Fire (The Songs of David Olney)”

December 16, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

Marvellous stories and enduring characters. This is like the All-Star game in Major League baseball, but instead of Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Bryce Harper, Mookie Betts and Christian Yelich, executive producer Gwil Owen lined up such […]

Jerron Paxton “Things Done Changed”

December 13, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

A brilliant update of rural blues and ragtime, earthy and authentic and, at times, spellbinding. While AUK traditionally shies away from the modern blues idiom we are honour bound to recognise the role that traditional blues […]

Eric Andersen “Stand Up And Resist” – what will you risk?

July 3, 2026 0

Tomorrow’s a special day in America, and today we have a song that’s all about the America that Eric Andersen loves. A land where healthcare might be recognised as a right, a land where Freedom is […]

Video: Our Man in the Field “Wall of Sound” – a chance encounter with an Arkansas truck driver

July 3, 2026 0

Wall of Sound is the new single from Alex Ellis’s musical project Our Man in the Field. With typically thoughtful, sensitive lyrics, the song features fine storytelling, focused on everyday people and everyday lives, captured in […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]