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Peter Bruntnell, live at The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham - 6th March 2025

Live Review: Peter Bruntnell, The Chapel, The Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham – 6th March 2025

March 17, 2025 Graeme Tait 2

As you climb the stairs at The Angel Microbrewery, you are taken from the congenial ambiance reverberating around the bar towards the door on the first-floor landing that leads to The Chapel. Here, you are constantly […]

artwork for Jason Boland and the Stragglers album "The Last Kings Of Babylon"

Jason Boland and the Stragglers “The Last Kings Of Babylon”

March 17, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

A reflective album that finds Boland and the Searchers still firing on all cylinders as they come back down to earth. Originally from Harare, Oklahoma, but in recent years a resident of Texas, Jason Boland and […]

Album art for Marty Bohannon and Matt Bohannon "A Scar Is Born" "Go Back To Your Roots"

Marty Bohannon/Matt Bohannon “A Scar Is Born”/”Go Back To Your Roots”

March 14, 2025 Andy Short 0

The Bohannon brothers go solo with fine results. Marty and Matt Bohannon are brothers from Chattanooga, Tennessee. After over twenty years of playing together and delivering some mighty southern rock, they decided to split for a […]

We want your books!

March 14, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Are you a writer, publisher or PR with a book on the music we feature at AUK coming out this year? We feature biographies of musicians, or other key figures in the music world – producers, […]

Pug Johnson “El Cabron”

March 14, 2025 Peter Churchill 0

Texan digs deep into his roots and heads south for an infectious listen. Pug Johnson is undeniably a country singer. Listening to the first few lines of opening track ‘Big Trains’ will soon confirm that Johnson […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK

July 15, 2026 3

Correction: The original version of this story described James Taylor as arriving in the UK next week, when as one of our readers has pointed out in the comments, he’s already played Scotland and is in […]

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026