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Live Review: Luck Reunion, Austin Texas – 13th March 2025

April 3, 2025 Mark Howson 0

Following on from Oliver Gray’s SXSW report we have another AUK reviewer who was at SXSW and took the time to bus it out to the annual Luck Reunion one day festival, hosted by Willie Nelson. […]

The Rye Sisters, live at Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire, - 23rd March 2025

Live Review: The Rye Sisters, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 23rd March 2025

April 2, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

This evening’s show saw your reviewer return to the Newbald Village Hall for the second of this year’s early evening concert event, which, despite the start time of 4.30 pm being well advertised, still managed to […]

Live Review: Red Sky July, + Tony Beacock, St Nicholas Church, Beverley – 21st March 2025

April 1, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

The venue for this evening’s concert, St Nicholas Church, Beverley, can trace its origins back to at least the 12th century, possibly of Norman architecture, though by 1655 the original building had fallen into disrepair, partly […]

Live Review: Reg Meuross, The Ropewalk, Ropery Hall, Barton-Upon-Humber – 20th March 2025

March 31, 2025 Graeme Tait 8

My first visit of the year to the Ropery Hall, Barton-Upon-Humber, finds the venue unsurprisingly full for Reg Meuross’s return. Since his first solo album was released almost 30 years ago, Meuross has become widely regarded […]

Live Review: Mercury Rev + Nicolai Dunger, Islington Assembly Hall, London – 19th March 2025

March 27, 2025 Jonathan Aird 2

This was the second of two nights in London (they’d played Earth previously) for Mercury Rev, who seem to have decided that Europe is the place to be, as they were here at the end of […]

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Video: Alela Diane “Dusty Roses” (Attic Live Session)

May 27, 2026 0

Dusty Roses is the latest single from Portland-based folk artist Alela Diane. The artfully-shot video was recorded in the attic of Diane’s Victorian home, built in 1892, and features co-producer Sam Weber (Madison Cunningham, Anna Tivel) […]

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3

Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

May 26, 2026 0

A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]

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Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2

Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: The Chicks

July 9, 2025 0

Uniquely talented, The Chicks (they dropped the word ‘Dixie’, of course, back in 2020, due to the word’s association with slavery), make great records (generally), perform brilliant live shows and have been no strangers to controversy […]

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Paul Simon doesn’t feel groovy

May 26, 2017 0

Famously cantankerous master songsmith Paul Simon takes great pleasure in distancing himself from the songs that made him famous in the first place. The very songs which many people of judgement actually prefer. But of all […]

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Interview: Frank Turner on his number 1 album, strange gigs, personal songwriting and going home

February 24, 2023 1

Frank Turner has sustained a hugely successful solo career since parting ways with punk band Million Dead back in 2005. Since then, he has proved to be a relentless and stirring live performer, now closing in […]

Live Review: Luck Reunion, Austin Texas – 13th March 2025

Live Review: The Rye Sisters, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 23rd March 2025

Live Review: Red Sky July, + Tony Beacock, St Nicholas Church, Beverley – 21st March 2025

Live Review: Reg Meuross, The Ropewalk, Ropery Hall, Barton-Upon-Humber – 20th March 2025

Live Review: Mercury Rev + Nicolai Dunger, Islington Assembly Hall, London – 19th March 2025

Video: Alela Diane “Dusty Roses” (Attic Live Session)

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”