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The View From Across La Manche #11 – From our own correspondent

January 31, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Hunting the heart of winter. Bon Hiver! Though I don’t think I can see that catching on as a greeting. I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday period. Some may have noticed there was no ‘View […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 82

January 24, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

One of my gateway drugs to Americana music has set sail for the Southern Oceans Oh no. Normal routine. Alarm goes off. A groan and a moan. Cold floor. Struggle for glasses and shuffle into bathroom […]

AUK Shortcuts, December 2022: Mark Crockard, Cooper Stoulil, Jeb Lipson and others

December 15, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

Welcome to Short Cuts, an occasional 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 […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 80

December 14, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 2

Chris Rea has started his car – mine on the other hand… It’s always the case that school runs towards Christmas with a rictus grin, a mince pie in one hand and bottle of Valium in […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Americana Tracks by the least likely suspects

July 23, 2026 2

Before you shout at me remember this is supposed to be fun…. I have opened up and bared my soul on a couple of occasions about my past as a teenage rocker in the 1970s, with […]

Ed Askew “The Final Painting”

July 23, 2026 0

Profound, moving and beautiful reveries on posthumous release from ‘Outsider Folk’ poet. Ed Askew was a New York artist, poet, songwriter and genuine underground legend. Having first broken through with his self-titled album in 1968 (subsequently […]

artwork for Conway Savage album "Too Dark To See"

Conway Savage “Too Dark To See”