Album Reviews

Our latest posts

Artwork for Beau Jennings & The Tigers album "American Stories Major Chords"

Beau Jennings & The Tigers “American Stories Major Chords”

October 24, 2024 Peter Thompson 0

Latest album release from OK-based singer-songwriter is just, er, okay. “American Stories Major Chords” is Norman, Oklahoma-based singer songwriter and former architect Beau Jennings’ third album with The Tigers, released on Oklahoma-based label Black Mesa Records. […]

artwork for Melanie MacLaren EP "Blood Lust"

AUK’s Monthly EP’s Round-Up – October 2024

October 23, 2024 Graeme Tait 2

Well here we are again dear readers. The lazy sun may require a little longer to rise these mornings while the arrival of dusks descends upon us with a little more stealth each evening, all signposting […]

Niall Thomas “False Tide”

October 23, 2024 Tony Burke 0

Ten self-penned songs by Dublin-based singer/songwriter with tracks reminiscent of The Jayhawks and Wilco. This is Niall Thomas’ third album, released on vinyl and download and a follow-up to his ‘Night Sky Blue’ from 2018. Making […]

Jeremie Albino “Our Time In The Sun”

October 23, 2024 Peter Churchill 0

Fourth album from the soulful Canadian brings a touch of nostalgia to proceedings. Jeremie Albino first discovered his love of performing when busking as teenager in his native Toronto. All it took was for one or […]

Artwork for Donald Beaman album "Fog On Mirror Glass"

Donald Beaman “Fog on Mirror Glass”

October 23, 2024 Gordon Mackay 0

A unique, atmospheric album from California’s Donald Beaman. Californian Donald Beaman returns with his fifth album ‘Fog On Mirror Glass’. In this release, we are treated to a low-key, understated – almost drifting – set of […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now
By Peter Thompson , 7 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine by Boston trio...
By DavisBlack , 2 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Whiskeytown - Pneumonia (vinyl) The Civil Wars - Live...
By Peter Thompson , 3 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Gang of Four Entertainment!
By Joe Nathan , 3 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@joe-nathan A much overlooked album
By Martin Johnson , 5 days ago
RE: What Are You Reading?
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll by Pet...
By Joe Nathan , 5 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Moonlighters Rush Hour
By Joe Nathan , 5 days ago
RE: London Gigs Next Week
I'm late to the party, I know, but recently, when on a ...
By durks , 5 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Hannah White - Sweet Revolution
By Ian C Rothery , 5 days ago

The Milk Carton Kids to tour UK and Ireland in January 2027

April 27, 2026 0

The Milk Carton Kids will return to the UK and Ireland for a run of headline dates in January 2027, including London’s Barbican Centre, Bristol Beacon, Manchester’s Albert Hall, Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre and Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre. […]

Little Sparta “The Telling of the Truth”

April 27, 2026 0

The new release by Little Sparta takes Mekons collaboration in directions old and new. After 26 years at work and 20 years since their first release, veteran Alan D. Boyd’s project Little Sparta just put out […]

Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0

David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

Interviews

Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0

Interviews

Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

April 23, 2026 0

At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0

Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

Features

Interview: Richard Davies talks about his new album and creativity under Covid

August 11, 2020 0

A favourite lockdown release of 2020 and an album that’s rarely off the decks at AUK Towers is Richard Davies and the Dissidents’ debut album, ‘Human Traffic’. From the rollicking “grab-life -by-the-scruff-of-the-neck” title track to the […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Alex McEwan “Rodeo Star”

May 18, 2023 0

The latest single from Scottish singer Alex McEwan is another example of his gifted songwriting. ‘Rodeo Star’ is sensitively written narrative about a character who dreamed of becoming a rodeo star but those aspirations have been […]

Album Reviews

Erin Ash Sullivan “Signposts and Marks”

August 20, 2024 0

Sophomore release unveils a songwriter of the highest order. Relationships, current and past, provide the overriding theme to the twelve songs assembled on Erin Ash Sullivan’s excellent sophomore album “Signpost and Marks”. Sullivan, a native of […]

Beau Jennings & The Tigers “American Stories Major Chords”

AUK’s Monthly EP’s Round-Up – October 2024

Niall Thomas “False Tide”

Jeremie Albino “Our Time In The Sun”

Donald Beaman “Fog on Mirror Glass”

The Milk Carton Kids to tour UK and Ireland in January 2027

Little Sparta “The Telling of the Truth”

Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

Matthew Payne “Better Times”

Old Crow Medicine Show “My Side Of The Mountain” – living in the past?