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The First Time: Andy Raw – The Clash, Derby King’s Hall, 24th November 1978

February 7, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

Seeing The Clash for the first time and for my first gig was a fantastic experience; the most exciting event I have ever been to. I had been into glam-rock at primary school in the early […]

The First Time: Lyndon Bolton – Fairport Convention, Dundee Caird Hall, 13th November 1973

January 31, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

Fairport Convention in Dundee’s imposing Caird Hall was my first gig. Aged 15 it was an event that made a lasting impression. Not just because it was the first of what became one of my life’s […]

The First Time: Paul Russell – Status Quo, Hammersmith Apollo, 27th June 1979

January 24, 2023 Paul Russell 1

Memories, memories. Looking back at one’s youth is sometimes a very embarrassing thing. My first venture into the wonderful world of popular music was buying a series of vinyl singles. My initial purchases, which I bought […]

The First Time: Alan Fitter – The Beatles, Finsbury Park Astoria, 8th January 1964

January 18, 2023 Alan Fitter 2

I guess that before you go to your first gig, you have get into music and find out what you like and what your tastes are, which in my day wasn’t very easy because I’m older […]

artwork for Barclay James Harvest album, Everyone Is Everybody Else

The First Time: Graeme Tait – Barclay James Harvest, Sheffield City Hall, 28th September 1977

January 10, 2023 Graeme Tait 4

The past is a puzzling acquaintance, sharing as it does all of the most momentous experiences of life’s journey whilst forever travelling in the opposite direction, each day carrying our memories just a little further from […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Laura Cortese

May 18, 2020 0

We hope that our regular series of mini-gigs is spreading a little light in the gloom during these strange days. Some fabulous artists have contributed exclusive performances for AUK readers to enjoy. Today, we are privileged […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Kevin Buckley “Never Tire Of The Road”

February 22, 2022 0

Kevin Buckley grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where his first musical direction was Irish traditional fiddle which he took up at the age of 9 going on to compete in fiddle contests in the USA […]

Previews

Glasgow Americana returns with its best line up yet

October 1, 2018 0

Glasgow Americana has lined up ten gigs featuring overseas and home-based acts for this year’s five day long festival. The on-stage action for the 12th Glasgow Americana will take place at six city venues from Wednesday […]

The First Time: Andy Raw – The Clash, Derby King’s Hall, 24th November 1978

The First Time: Lyndon Bolton – Fairport Convention, Dundee Caird Hall, 13th November 1973

The First Time: Paul Russell – Status Quo, Hammersmith Apollo, 27th June 1979

The First Time: Alan Fitter – The Beatles, Finsbury Park Astoria, 8th January 1964

The First Time: Graeme Tait – Barclay James Harvest, Sheffield City Hall, 28th September 1977

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”