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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. […]

Helene Cronin “Maybe New Mexico”

April 3, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

No ‘maybe’ about it: flawless bedrock americana through and through. There are a lot of typical americana topics on the ten tracks of Texas singer-songwriter Helene Cronin’s third album, ‘Maybe New Mexico’. We start off in […]

Northline “All Things Done”

April 2, 2025 Gordon Mackay 0

An intense, brooding return for Spain’s Northline. Northline are a 5-piece Spanish outfit fronted by singer and songwriter Enric Máñez. They are not the most prolific of bands; following a handful of EPs in 2020/21, this new […]

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 […]

Book/EP Review: dASHDOWN “Lyrics From the Heartland” and “jAGUAR”

April 2, 2025 Tim Martin 0

A book of introspective lyrics which stand alone but take on new life when matched with his incendiary music. Chicago, by way of Cirencester and Surrey, musician Dave Ashdown started thinking about a book of his […]