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Mighty Joe Castro and The Gravamen “Between The Lightning and The Thunder”

July 31, 2025 Chas Lacey 0

Cinematic noir and poetic storytelling with a rockabilly Ameripolitan edge. Making their début in 2020 with their first full-length album, “Come On Angels”, the Philadelphia-based Mighty Joe Castro & The Gravamen announced themselves as an Ameripolitan […]

Ashley Monroe “Tennessee Lightning”

July 31, 2025 Jonathan Smith 0

Sprawling offering from country A-Lister on a personal journey. Tennessee native Ashley Monroe has been a fixture on the Nashville music scene for many years now. Starting out as a songwriter, she developed a solo career […]

Lord Huron “The Cosmic Selector Vol.1”

July 30, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0

Deep thoughts immersed in cosmic americana. If ever your world feels overpowering then take a listen to this record and be reminded of just what tiny specks we as individuals really are. Convert gazing at the […]

Seawind of Battery “Save The Waves: People For Public Media”

July 30, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 3

‘Experimental psychedelia with ambient americana’ to highlight the defunding of US public media. This compilation album may not be everyone’s idea of americana. Taken on its own, it might not have even made the review pages […]

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Wild Mountain Mystics “Fire & Honey”

July 29, 2025 Peter Thompson 2

Duo turn noodling into an art form, resulting in a record that rejoices in being different to the run of the mill. Southern California duo Wild Mountain Mystics, comprising Rick Deering and Lisa Miller, blend folk, […]

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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

April 21, 2026 0

Candace Hastings is long steeped in songwriting. Her first came when she was in fifth grade; it had just one chord and was written on the three-quarter-size Kay guitar that her mother bought for her the […]

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Fayen “Something To Look Back On”

April 21, 2026 0

Norwegian duo delivers a nordicana record filled with beautiful songs, expertly performed and arranged. Fayen is a Norwegian duo based in Trondheim, situated in central Norway, on the south shore of the third-largest of Norway’s fjords, Trondheimsfjorden […]

For the Sake of the Song: Steve Young “Rock, Salt & Nails”

April 21, 2026 0

Before embarking on this feature, to avoid duplication, I conducted a search on ‘Steve Young’, on the AUK website and was surprised to find there are precious few recent pieces devoted to someone who was surely […]

Mighty Joe Castro and The Gravamen “Between The Lightning and The Thunder”

Ashley Monroe “Tennessee Lightning”

Lord Huron “The Cosmic Selector Vol.1”

Seawind of Battery “Save The Waves: People For Public Media”

Wild Mountain Mystics “Fire & Honey”

Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

Fayen “Something To Look Back On”

For the Sake of the Song: Steve Young “Rock, Salt & Nails”

Chip Taylor “Words From Holy Gardens”

Jesse Malin “Hollywood Forever” – tribute to a friend