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Book Review: Mark Brend “Down River: In Search of David Ackles”

July 25, 2025 Graeme Tait 8

Brend’s detailed and passionate evaluation sheds light on one of the great maverick talents of popular music. David Ackles’ recording career lasted barely six years, yielding just four albums. Of those four albums, his third, “American […]

artwork for Trevor Sensor's album "A Few Tears of Eros"

Trevor Sensor “A Few Tears of Eros”

July 25, 2025 Sebastian Reyes Turner 1

Contemporary themes surface through a fascinating blend of genres. Trevor Sensor is the type of artist that, Spotify algorithm failing, you might discover in a fever dream, conjured up in a dark music club among theatre […]

Live Review: Counting Crows + The Gaslight Anthem, Red Hat, Raleigh, NC – 17th July 2025

July 25, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

It didn’t seem to matter that the heat index was in the 100s in Raleigh, North Carolina, as Counting Crows with support from The Gaslight Anthem drew a near-capacity crowd, making a hot summer night feel […]

Grain Thief “House Of The Dog”

July 24, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

A musically fun, if sometimes lyrically dark, fifth full-length from Boston string band Grain Thief. One of the benefits of reviewing albums for AUK is getting to hear artists that would almost certainly have gone unnoticed […]

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Folk Roundup – Clementine Lovell, Ezmay Grace, Faun Fables, Natalie Padilla, Odette Michell

July 24, 2025 Andy Short 0

For this month’s folk round-up, we give AUK’s very own folk hero, Jonathan Aird, a well-earned month off. Looking at this fine selection of five new albums, he has missed a good one. We have a […]

More People Really Should Know About: Liz Stringer

September 8, 2026 0

There are, of course, countless reasons why we love attending gigs and feeding on the buzz that only live music can give. On the Americana circuit that we inhabit in these pages, often at smaller and […]

The Felice Brothers, live at the 100 Club, London - 2nd September 2026

Live Review: The Felice Brothers, 100 Club, London – 2nd September 2026

September 8, 2026 0

Sometimes you don’t want a meal deal; you just want the treat, and that’s what tonight was about. Bear with me on this. Felice Brothers: back in London tonight, the chance to see the band close-up […]

Bloodkin “Flowers & Ash”

September 8, 2026 0

Out of tragedy comes a fitting album imbued with the spirit of the band’s co-founder. Back in May 2021, we featured a poignant interview in these pages with Bloodkin co-founders Danny Hutchens and Eric Carter. It […]