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Live Review: Robert Plant & Saving Grace + Burr Island, Royal Festival Hall, London – 11th December 2025

December 17, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Are you ready to be beguiled? That’s the prime question that attaches itself to Robert Plant’s latest band. Do you want to explore new musical directions, hear things you haven’t heard before, or are you really […]

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Xan Tyler and Dusty Stray “Home”

December 17, 2025 Rick Thorn 0

Testament to the power of artistic companionship. “Home” is the charming result of a collaboration between Xan Tyler from Glasgow and Amsterdam-based Jonathan Brown, aka Dusty Stray. Both are highly accomplished solo performers who have made […]

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Paperback Riders: Southern Writers and the bleaker bits of Christmas

December 16, 2025 Tim Martin 0

For 2023’s festive ‘Paperback Riders‘, we looked at ‘A Christmas Carol‘ and why it is the best-loved seasonal book in the USA, despite being so quintessentially English. Maybe it’s Charles Dickens’s ghosts and redemption themes, or […]

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Jess Jocoy “Cul-de-Sac Kid”

December 16, 2025 FredArnold 3

Stellar songwriting and her distinctive voice draw you in for a third excellent album in a row. You might need a while, and a couple of listens to really ‘get’ Jess Jocoy and her new album […]

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AUK Shortcuts: Ceretana, Meghan Hayes, The Far North, Jaymes MacDougal, John Southworth, Jeff Larson with Gerry Beckley, Lillian King, Terry Klein, Tyler Craig and A.P. Meister

December 16, 2025 Bryan Bance 0

Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently, which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Following its October 1984 US release on Frontier Records, ‘Native Sons’ hit the UK in March 1985 when it was picked up and released by Demon Records’ Zippo label. Despite some success on the US college […]

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Video: LOVE BY NUMB3RS “Can’t Lie Like This”

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The Portland-based indie trio release a clever, beautiful and wonderfully uplifting song and video inspired by Dan Connor’s chemo treatments and his battle against cancer. LOVE BY NUMB3RS are based around the impressively creative writing and […]

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Jacob Miller “Around My Head”

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Classy stylings with the lightest of touches from Portland songsmith. ‘Around My Head’ is Portland, Oregon-based Jacob Miller’s second album after 2019’s ‘This New Home’. Between the two releases, he gained a significant audience in America by […]

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