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Artwork for Bacon Brothers album "Ballad of the Brothers"

The Bacon Brothers “Ballad of the Brothers”

May 1, 2024 David Jarman 0

Brothers Michael and Kevin Bacon – film and TV composer and Hollywood actor in their other creative lives – produce a compelling mix of songs in their twelfth release. ‘Ballad of the Brothers’ is the twelfth […]

Tom Jenkins “Meadow Pt 2”

May 1, 2024 Paul Russell 0

Powerful second acoustic album from Welsh sheep farmer and musician. Inevitably music will be inspired by personal experiences and Tom Jenkins has a fascinating dual work situation. On the one hand he’s a sheep farmer in […]

Teresa Storch Band “Open Your Heart”

April 30, 2024 Paul Russell 0

Strong new album from duo who love jamming. The unmistakeable music category of the ‘jam band’ is definitely rooted in American music. Bands like Big Head Todd and the Monsters, The Dave Matthews Band, Phish and […]

AUK Shortcuts April 2024: Sean Walshe, The Gravel-Aires, RubyJoyful, AC Sapphire and Kat & Zach

April 30, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites […]

artwork for The Bygones album "The Bygones"

The Bygones “The Bygones”

April 30, 2024 Andy Short 0

An exceptional debut. The Bygones’ debut is an astonishing and almost flawless album. Joshua Lee Turner and Alison Young became aware of each other when Turner played on a Simon and Garfunkel tribute tour. At the […]

David Allan Coe (9/6/1939 - 4/29/2026)
David Allan Coe was certainly a controversial figure, b...
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RE: Versions!
You know those songs that you know and that song become...
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I don't remember the brand of my first record player sa...
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Beverley Martyn
I see that Beverley Martyn has died which is sad. I rat...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine by Boston trio...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Whiskeytown - Pneumonia (vinyl) The Civil Wars - Live...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Gang of Four Entertainment!
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@joe-nathan A much overlooked album
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Jesse Malin at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis 10th November 2019

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jesse Malin

April 29, 2026 0

New Yorker Jesse Malin began his performing career in the New York hardcore band Heart Attack, before assuming the role of vocalist of glam punk band D Generation. Between 1994 and 1999 D Generation released three […]

Mildred “Fenceline”

April 29, 2026 0

Sensitive sounds carry poetic lyrics and encourage deeper reflections on meaning. Mildred is a four-piece band from Oakland, CA, with members: Henry Easton Koehler (vocals, guitar), Jack Schrott (vocals, guitar), Matt Palmquist (vocals, bass, woodwinds) or […]

Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2026

April 29, 2026 0

We’re heading towards the Summer now, May Day falls this week, and the obvious thing would be to offer you, valued reader, a swathe of music that touches on those themes of rebirth and the explosion […]

The Bacon Brothers “Ballad of the Brothers”

Tom Jenkins “Meadow Pt 2”

Teresa Storch Band “Open Your Heart”

AUK Shortcuts April 2024: Sean Walshe, The Gravel-Aires, RubyJoyful, AC Sapphire and Kat & Zach

The Bygones “The Bygones”

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jesse Malin

Mildred “Fenceline”

Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2026

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Natalie Jane Hill “Hopeful Woman”