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[ May 28, 2026 ] Mike Richmond “Without An Audience” Album Reviews
[ May 28, 2026 ] Rodney Crowell to release ‘lost album’ “Then Again” next month News
[ May 28, 2026 ] Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Alexandra King AUK Mini-Gigs
[ May 28, 2026 ] Live Review: Clover County, Rough Trade East and London Highways Festival, 14th-16th May 2026 Live Reviews

Let’s Unpack The Haul… Once More…

November 25, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Another dull day another chance to re-run the trope of showing off the shiny bangles that one has purchased as we make an almost analogue model of the YouTube influencer video. Here, though, the sales pitch […]

Classic Clips: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss “Rock and Roll” – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester, Tennessee 2022

November 22, 2024 Peter Thompson 0

Way back in 2007 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, two singers from completely different musical backgrounds, found some common ground while evidently having lots of fun. The combination of the two voices which work so well […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: The Kennedys

November 22, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

During the dark days of the pandemic, The Kennedys began offering their fans a weekly livestream show featuring 90 minutes or more of songs for all manner of themes and occasions. As of October 20, 2024 […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Nanci Griffith Albums

November 21, 2024 Clint West 5

Over the course of her career Nanci Griffith recorded 18 studio albums and 2 live albums. There were a couple of disappointments in amongst those but nowhere near enough to make this a straightforward task. Having […]

Anniversary Cheers: Mary Gauthier’s “Drag Queens & Limousines” celebrates 25 years

November 20, 2024 Dean Nardi 2

The first article in a new occasional series that will take a look at significant anniversary re-releases of iconic albums as they are put out. Happy 25th anniversary to Mary Gauthier upon the re-release of her […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Long After Dark
By Peter Thompson , 18 hours ago
Sonny Rollins
Jazz titan Sonny Rollins has gone at the age of 95. Cle...
By Martin Johnson , 2 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
By Ian C Rothery , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
By fredhead , 2 weeks ago
RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 3 weeks ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 3 weeks 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 , 3 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 3 weeks ago

Essentials: The Top 10 Kim Richey Songs

May 28, 2026 0

Kim Richey is one of those unsung heroes of americana who have been around for ages, releasing an album every few years without huge fanfare, but whose work within the industry, working with higher-profile musicians, has […]

Mike Richmond “Without An Audience”

May 28, 2026 0

40 years on and we have the debut solo album by musical legend Mike Richmond, co-founder of the lamented Love Tractor, leading lights of the Athens, GA music scene. This is a great month for fans […]

Rodney Crowell to release ‘lost album’ “Then Again” next month

May 28, 2026 0

Rodney Crowell has announced the release of an album which many fans thought would never see the light of day, Then Again which arrives on 26th June 2026 via New West Records. The 10-track set was […]

Interviews

Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

May 27, 2026 0

If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]

Interviews

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3

Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

News

Michaela Anne flies in for brief UK tour later this month

January 6, 2020 0

One of the standout performers at AmericanaFest in Nashville last September was Michaela Anne and AUK were fortunate enough to catch her on two separate occasions – once at the North Carolina Day Party and then […]

Album Reviews

Ellis Paul “55”

May 30, 2023 0

Ellis Paul continues to impress with the personal and political. When he started his own record label and subsequently released his 2019 album ‘The Storyteller’s Suitcase’ Ellis Paul made clear his intention to write only about […]

Dirty Dozens

Dirty Dozen: Days Are Done

July 27, 2017 Comments Off

Days Are Done are singer songwriter Emmy Kay (from Blackpool) and BAFTA winning TV & film composer Adam Lewis (from South Wales), who are both based in Kingston-upon-Thames. Having come to the attention of BBC Radio 2 with their single Turns To Dust. […]