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Lucinda Williams “Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road”

December 17, 2024 Graeme Tait 2

Vol. 7 of Lucinda Williams’ celebrated ‘Jukebox Themed Performance Series’, sees the Grammy-winning artist turn her sights on the Fab Four. Having originally started her ‘Jukebox Series’, during the pandemic in 2020 as a way to […]

Various Artists “Can’t Steal My Fire (The Songs of David Olney)”

December 16, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

Marvellous stories and enduring characters. This is like the All-Star game in Major League baseball, but instead of Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Bryce Harper, Mookie Betts and Christian Yelich, executive producer Gwil Owen lined up such […]

Jerron Paxton “Things Done Changed”

December 13, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

A brilliant update of rural blues and ragtime, earthy and authentic and, at times, spellbinding. While AUK traditionally shies away from the modern blues idiom we are honour bound to recognise the role that traditional blues […]

AUK Shortcuts: Tyler-James Kelly, Eric Lindquist, The Hearts, PJ Orr, Jack Nolan, She’s In The Trees, Dustin Lowman & Simon Joyner

December 13, 2024 Paul Kerr 2

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 […]

the innocence mission “Midwinter Swimmers”

December 12, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0

Refined, thoughtful, fragile and beautiful indie folk album. The innocence mission came together in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1986. The group’s current members are Karen Peris, her husband Don Peris, and Mike Bitts, who have reconvened after […]