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[ May 15, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime” Tracks
[ May 15, 2026 ] Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty” Album Reviews
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: The Counting Crows

June 11, 2025 Andy Short 2

This feature is the equivalent of those items on social media. The ones where you can only pick one artist to see live or listen to one album forever. They always include Queen, Bowie and Prince, […]

I Write the Songs – Heather Little

June 10, 2025 Dean Nardi 2

There is no happiness if you don’t know what sadness feels like. Why are there more sad songs than happy ones? This is one of those questions for the ages, like why can’t you see the […]

More People Really Should Know About: Melody Walker

June 10, 2025 FredArnold 1

The first two things you need to know about Melody Walker are that she is a Grammy award-winning songwriter and has an amazing and versatile voice to boot, one that she has proven can adjust to […]

AUK Shortcuts: LoveSeat, Amy Irving, Chris Page, Jesse Adelman, James Cook, Lance Cowan, Milton Hide and American Cosmic Revival Volume 1

June 10, 2025 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, […]

For the Sake of the Song: Mike Peters & The Alarm “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”

June 9, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

This was not my intended choice for this feature. Rest assured, there have been many splendid eulogies following the death of Mike Peters, and I will not even try to compete. But since the news of […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
By Ian C Rothery , 13 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 5 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
By fredhead , 6 days ago
RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]