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AUK’s Monthly EP’s Round-Up – September 2024

September 19, 2024 Graeme Tait 1

You can tell it’s September. Not simply because the leaves on the trees have changed their colour from a soft vivid green to a somewhat crisper and golden spectacle, already forming a carpet on the ground. […]

Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin “symbiont”

September 19, 2024 Rick Thorn 0

A Cautionary tale which blends several genres into questions for us all. ‘symbiont’ is a truly extraordinary album. It feels futuristic but, in places, old-fashioned. Doom-laden but hopeful in equal measure. It is never a comfortable […]

Kasey Chambers “Backbone”

September 18, 2024 Peter Churchill 0

Aussie country icon shows her class and maturity in a wonderfully varied collection. 25 years on from her 1999 debut ‘The Captain’, Australian Kasey Chambers returns with studio album number 13. ‘Backbone’ is a joint release […]

John Murry and Michael Timmins “A Little Bit Of Grace And Decay”

September 18, 2024 Martin Johnson 2

Joy and beauty abound in revisited classic Gothic Americana songs. John Murry’s three solo recordings add up to one of the most consistently excellent song catalogues of 21st-century songs and are probably the prime definition of […]

Danni Nicholls “Under the Neem Plum Tree”

September 17, 2024 Michael Macy 0

Oh, East is East, and West is West, and forever they shall meet… in their love of country music. ‘Under The Neem Plum Tree’ is a case in point. Danni Nicholls’ third studio album takes for […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

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Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]