John William DeForest coined the term “the great American novel” in an 1868 essay. He defined it as “the picture of the ordinary emotions and manners of American existence.” He felt that Uncle Tom’s Cabin’, which […]
A superb album of authentic-sounding Texas border-style music recorded deep in the wilds of Oxfordshire. Listening to Ags Connolly’s fourth album ‘Siempre’ (‘Always’ for you non-Spanish speakers), you’d imagine he’d taken himself off to somewhere in […]
Twenty-year anniversary album now available as the band original intended with three bonus tracks. Back in 2004 Georgia’s finest exports the Drive-By Truckers released their fifth album and the third in a trilogy of albums that […]
Our latest Short Cuts, an occasional 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 […]
Kosmiche Country from Sheffield. Bobby Lee’s third album finds this Sheffield based musician diving further into the outmost reaches of cosmic Americana music, taking on the fledgling tag of ambient Americana and just about shredding it […]
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