Album Reviews
Dwight Yoakam “Brighter Days”
Veteran New Country artist returns with a vibrant new album. It’s been nine years since Dwight Yoakam last graced us with an album, a long time out of the limelight which he once commanded. It’s fair […]
Reviews
Album Reviews
Nicolai Dunger “Melody Rules”
A cathartic divorce album that draws from traditional folk, but still maintains its own modern sound. In the world of music, marital strife is as sad of an occurrence as it is for us non-musician folk, […]
Columns
AUK Shortcuts : Bone Idle Bros, Joseph Shipp, Sarah Pierce, Lincoln the Lawyer, Todd Hearon, Small Town Romance and Ian Sherwood
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 […]
Album Reviews
Furlined “Kill Devil Hills”
Impressive re-emergence of quality UK Americana Band. Furlined were formed back in 2013 by Bristol singer-songwriter Neil Crossley (that’s Bristol in the UK, not any of its American variants). After two well-received albums, Crossley sidelined the […]
Book Reviews
Paperback Riders: Raymond Carver
When our editor expressed a fondness for Raymond Carver some time ago, I added him to my list of subjects for investigation. Interviewing Willy Vlautin earlier this year his name came up just as I’d started […]