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More People Really Should Know About: Ian M Bailey

October 4, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0
One of reviewing’s most appealing aspects is discovering artists I have never heard before. AUK have opened my ears to many such musicians but one who made a deep impression both instantly and lasting is Ian […]
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Americana Vinyl Treasures: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes “I Don’t Want To Go Home” – Epic Records, 1976

October 3, 2023 Graeme Tait 7
Before we start I have a confession to make. The mid seventies would coincide with my mid-teens and the start of a love affair with vinyl that over the following fifteen years would burn as bright […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “Ripple”

October 2, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
It is sometimes wrongly assumed that the Grateful Dead’s studio records were mere templates for the live versions of the songs, and while this is certainly true for certain songs, this doesn’t mean they couldn’t capture […]
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AUK Shortcuts September 2023: Jeff Plankenhorn, The 19th Street Band, The Waymores, Andrew Rumsey, The Street Arts Project, The Two Tracks, Ludwig Wright and Bret Mosley

September 29, 2023 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 […]
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Classic Clips: Bonny Light Horseman “The Roving” opbmusic Live Session, 2020

September 29, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
This is, of course, the band that played London on the 1st of February 2020, and it perfectly captures the band’s wonderfully easy interplay – and their obvious joy that their music gives them.  And if […]

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I can already hear the cries, “Jackson Browne, a bad album – what heresy is this.” After a moment, though, those same voices say more reflectively, “Well, there is his recent output,” or “Well, there was […]
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Various Artists “Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow – Words And Music Tom Waits And Kathleen Brennan”

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Bang on target: 19 shells from the Waits and Brennan cannon. Since Tom Waits’ last studio album, Bad As Me (2011), apart from the odd reissue and a contribution to Marc Ribot’s Songs Of Resistance 1942 […]
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Harmonies to the fore in Boston eight-piece’s swift sophomore album. You would have to be of a certain vintage to recognise where Boston-based Other Brother Darryl may have garnered their moniker. If it means nothing, it […]

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Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

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With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]
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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

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To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]

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KK Hammond and David and the Devil have collaborated to write a murder ballad, inspired by the story of Ed Gein, whose relationship with his over-bearing, religious mother was the basis for the character of Leatherface […]
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