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[ April 14, 2026 ] Jim Lauderdale and The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys “The Birds Know” Album Reviews
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[ April 14, 2026 ] Tenderness “True” Album Reviews
[ April 14, 2026 ] Bluegrass Briefs: Unspoken Tradition, Square Peg, Big Richard, New Valley String Band Album Reviews
[ April 14, 2026 ] Ruth Eliza “While The Light Shines” Album Reviews

For the Sake of the Song: Hard Working Americans “Stomp and Holler”

September 4, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

News from the Neal Casal Foundation back in June and the couple of tracks our editor chose over the summer got me reminiscing once again back to 2014, when Casal, as a founding member of the […]

For the Sake of the Song: Maria McKee “Am I The Only One (Who’s Ever Felt This Way?)”

August 4, 2025 Fiona Golden 0

In her 1967 essay “Goodbye to All That”, Joan Didion wrote that young adults always have the curse of “conviction that nothing like this, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, has ever happened to anyone before”. […]

For the Sake of the Song: Townes Van Zandt “Pancho and Lefty”

July 28, 2025 Daisy Innes 0

You only have to look at the list of people who have covered this song to get an idea of just how important it is to the progress, legacy and development of country music. Originally written […]

For the Sake of the Song: Dawes “Time Spent in Los Angeles”

July 21, 2025 Jonny Brick 0

In 2012, Dawes released their second album, “Nothing Is Wrong”. The opening track began with a four-beat count-in from an electric guitar, which was followed by a riff with the unusual chord progression of I-iii-vii-IV, played […]

For the Sake of the Song: Bill Fay “Filled With Wonder Once Again”

July 7, 2025 John Lee 0

Some voices arrive like a hand on your shoulder. Bill Fay’s is one of them. “I had near/forgotten everything”, Fay sings, opening the song not with a confession, but with a kind of quiet exhale. ‘Filled […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@joe-nathan I love Heather. Lament playing now. Thanks.
By Andy Davidson , 3 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Mount Moriah - Live at Local 506
By Joe Nathan , 11 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Palm Sunday - Wishful Thinking EP
By Joe Nathan , 1 day ago
RIP Mike Westbrook
Not for AUK per se, but British jazz legend Mike Westbr...
By Martin Johnson , 2 days ago
RE: What Are You Reading?
Just finished A Cure for Gravity by Joe Jackson, really...
By Jeff , 2 days ago
My First Record Player
Link to an article I contributed to Michele Catalano’s ...
By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Replacements - Don’t Tell a Soul
By Joe Nathan , 3 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@joe-nathan Let's hope they issue a live album from the...
By Martin Johnson , 3 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
By Joe Nathan , 3 days ago

Jim Lauderdale and The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys “The Birds Know”

April 14, 2026 0

Superb collaboration from an americana legend and bluegrass torchbearers. Well, where to start with Jim Lauderdale? The man is so prolific that the virtual ink on the review of his last album, Country Super Hits Volume […]

Ian Prowse announces 12th album and extensive tour dates

April 14, 2026 0

Merseyside’s Ian Prowse has announced his brand-new album, No Names, will be released on 3rd July 2026 via Learpholl Music. Featuring special guests Elvis Costello, Steve Wickham, Damien Dempsey and Prowse’s 14-year-old daughter Rosalita, No Names […]

Tenderness “True”

April 14, 2026 0

Tenderness’s debut is a sweet blend of the musical and emotional themes of love and loss. Tenderness is the nom de scene for the solo project of Katy Beth Young, formerly and maybe currently of Peggy […]