Columns
Sounds from the Shed – Week 8
Announcement made, Johnson retreats and leaves the workers to pick up the pieces. As Monday nights go it was a cut above, as we discovered the way our Govt. had decided that school life actually in […]
Columns
Columns
AUK’s Chain Gang: The Carter Family “Wildwood Flower”
My esteemed colleague Alan Fitter set last weeks link in our long, long chain. With Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright he gave us not just sibling harmonies but parental – mother & daughter harmonies. Well, Dear […]
Americana Roots
Americana Roots: Andrew McConathy & the Drunken Hearts
Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US. It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts who […]
Columns
Pick of the Political Pops: The Raconteurs “You Don’t Understand Me”
This week we were (once again) amused that Facebook was in the news this time in a face-off with the Australian government. The argument was pitched by the vast majority of the mainstream media worldwide as […]
Columns
Introducing “Shuffle”
Long-time AUK writer David Cowling returns with a new fortnightly column as he digs into his collection of leftfield americana. There are moments in my life when I have connected directly with a song or a […]