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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 […]

Festival Review: South By Southwest 2025, 11th – 16th March, Austin, Texas

March 25, 2025 Oliver Gray 1

Having missed out on last year’s South By Southwest Festival for various reasons, AUK’s occasional foreign correspondent Oliver Gray returned to the fray this year, accompanied, as always, by his intrepid chum Paul Dominy on photo […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK next week

July 15, 2026 3

One of the most influential singer-songwriters of the modern era, James Taylor returns to the UK this month for his first London performance in three years when he takes to the stage at The O2 Arena […]

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026