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[ May 26, 2026 ] Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much” Interviews
[ May 26, 2026 ] Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage” Album Reviews
[ May 26, 2026 ] For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are” Features
[ May 26, 2026 ] Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones” Anniversary Cheers
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Live Review: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Boch Center, Wang Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts – 10th May 2025

May 22, 2025 Andy Short 0

The Wang Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, opened as simply The Met in 1925. Celebrating 100 years of entertainment and now home to the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame, it was only fitting that Gillian Welch […]

Shelby Means “Shelby Means”

May 22, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Excellent debut from award-winning bass-playing singer-songwriter. Shelby Means is one of the great female double bass players in bluegrass music along with the likes of Missy Raines, Vickie Vaughn and Katie Blomarz. She has been a […]

Sterling Drake “The Shape I’m In”

May 21, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0

Excellent debut album from a young, roving troubadour with one foot in the country and one in the town. Sterling Drake is certainly an interesting character. He’s yet to turn 30 years old, but he has […]

Cover of Charles Ellsworth album, ‘Cosmic Cannon Fodder’

Charles Ellsworth “Cosmic Cannon Fodder”

May 21, 2025 Jonny Brick 0

Astute politically charged songwriting with rock’n’roll arrangements. Now based in Brooklyn via Arizona and Utah, Charles Ellsworth produces this fifth album with Blake Tallent, the guitar player for Sarah Shook & The Disarmers. Across 11 engaging […]

Mark Morton “Without the Pain”

May 21, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Mark Morton leans heavily into the southern rock lane. For nearly a quarter century, Mark Morton has been the guitarist and songwriter for the five-time Grammy nominated, platinum-selling heavy metal band Lamb of God. There is […]

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John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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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, […]

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

May 26, 2026 0

This song is on Sheryl Crow’s Wildflower album, released in 2005 to lukewarm critical response. It was a low-key collection of songs – no All I Wanna Do or Soak Up the Sun among them – […]

Interviews

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

May 26, 2026 3

Interviews

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 […]

Interviews

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 […]

News

Preview: Danny George Wilson launches new album with May tour supporting The Handsome Family

March 2, 2026 0

Danny George Wilson’s latest record, Arcade, has already been previewed in these pages and now Wilson has announced a series of UK tour dates supporting The Handsome family to promote it. For Arcade, Wilson returned to Hamish […]

Videos

Video: Layla Kaylif “Lovers Don’t Meet”

August 26, 2020 0

Layla Kaylif’s latest single was inspired by the 13th century Persian poet Rumi and is a reflection on the nature of love and the inner-relationship with the Divine. She explains: “What people don’t realise is that […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Pillarstone “Run Fox Run”

May 13, 2026 0

Check out the new single from Irish musical project Pillarstone. Run Fox Run is an example of excellent songcraft, blending the energy and feel of various genres, including rock, Celtic folk, americana, and indie influences. Alex […]