Album Reviews
Frank Turner “Undefeated”
Barnstorming post-punk with intelligent and thoughtful lyrics. If you have not been to a Frank Turner concert, it is something to behold. He is up there giving it “110 percent”, as they say, backed by his […]
Reviews
Columns
AUK Shortcuts: SUSS, Morningbird, Honey On Our Tongues, Kacy Lee Anderson & The Waverley Pickers, JP Payton, Steve Hartsoe and M. Butterfly
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
Mark Brown “Happy Hour”
A collection of fourteen songs covering a lot of ground musically and lyrically. Mark Brown is one of many working performers whose music falls under the americana category. Ploughing a furrow of self-released records, working with […]
Live Reviews
Review – Black Deer Festival 2024: Guaranteed musical brilliance
In June, Black Deer Festival returned for its fifth edition although it feels as though it has been around forever. It has quickly become synonymous with the very best of Americana, finding an enticing balance between […]
Album Reviews
Paper Wings “Listen To The World Spin”
Perfection. That’s it. After a three year break from recording together, and on their third album, Emily Mann and Wila Frank, known together as Paper Wings, have placed an indelible mark on the modern folk old […]