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Allison Preisinger “Standing Steady”

February 20, 2025 Gordon Mackay 0

Allison Preisinger has delivered an exquisite album of poetry-inspired acoustic tracks. This is Seattle-based singer-songwriter Allison Preisinger’s fourth album of original music. On Standing Steady Preisinger presents a collection of poetry-inspired tracks, sung with a clear, […]

Roger Harvey & Simon Flory “Progress”

February 20, 2025 Paul Russell 0

A love letter to the enduring nature of folk music. For Erie native Roger Harvey, punk was his introduction to making music – he loved its ethos and lyrical honesty. As he says “A lot of punk […]

Richard Davies & The Dissidents “High Times & Misdemeanours”

February 20, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0

Full-on rock n’roll to blow away the cobwebs. Richard Davies may have been part of many bands and collaborations over his long musical career but he has never wavered from his trademark rock n’roll. This, his […]

Ron Pope “American Man, American Music”

February 19, 2025 Cam Fraser 0

Heartland rocker Ron Pope’s new album, ‘American Man, American Music’, lives up to its title. Nashville-based platinum-selling Pope will already be familiar to many of AUK’s readership, having previously been featured over several years, including an […]

Juanita Stein “The Weightless Hour”

February 19, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Haunted by the past – and looking to a vengeful future. With a fourth solo album it’s probably time to stop routinely mentioning that Juanita Stein fronted Howling Bells – particularly when considering that the band […]

Mary Chapin Carpenter at The Bottom LIne, New York City 24th October 2006

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Mary Chapin Carpenter is one of those artists who sets the bar very high when it comes to recorded output. Not for her the experimental path of, say, Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music or Neil Young’s […]

Great Lakes “Fear of the Fear”

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A deeply personal album, Ben Crum’s Memphis Record hits the spot. The band Great Lakes was formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1996 with members Ben Crum, Dan Donahue, and Jamey Huggins, and from there, the numbers […]

Bruce Cockburn “The Blood of Others”

October 14, 2026 0

An homage to the songs that shaped his long life, award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar maestro releases his 39th album. If you were asked to vote in a poll of the most activist artists in […]