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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Shannon LaBrie

May 4, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Great musicians performing mini-gigs is a way to connect music lovers during these strange times. It gives you the chance, dear reader, to see and hear live shows from artists who, just like you, are isolating […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Willie Nelson “City of New Orleans”

May 4, 2020 Tim Martin 0

The previous Chain Gang link, The Highwaymen, featured Willie Nelson among their all-star lineup. Their debut album which featured our chosen song ‘Desperados Waiting For A Train’ also carried a Steve Goodman/John Prine song, ‘The Twentieth […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Matt Hill (AKA Quiet Loner)

May 1, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

Our series of mini-gigs continues with an exclusive show from Matt Hill, formerly known by his stage name, Quiet Loner. In an incredibly varied career, Hill has co-written an album with people at a homeless project, […]

Ten covers of Bob Dylan’s ‘To Ramona’

May 1, 2020 Richard Phillips 6

The original track ‘To Ramona’ is taken from Dylan’s fourth album ‘Another Side of Bob Dylan’, released in 1964. This release saw Dylan shift away from the previously politically orientated, ‘The Times They Are a-Changin’’ to […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Elvis Costello “Night Rally”

May 1, 2020 Paul Villers 0

This week sees the 75th anniversary of the fall of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and, since nobody likes a fascist dictator, we thought that we would nod to it here.

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