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Brittney Spencer “My Stupid Life”

February 29, 2024 Helen Jones 0
Smooth vocals and slick production make for a light and easily palatable record that still offers a good level of nutrition. Brittney Spencer first came to many people’s attention when she posted a cover of The […]
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AUK Shortcuts February 2024: Luke Callen, Pierce Crask, Casey Neill & The Norway Rats, James Varda, Dusty Wright, Brooks Williams, Jim Byrne, Red Sammy and Cowboy Kerouac with Cocaine Fairies

February 29, 2024 Paul Kerr 2
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 […]
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Re-release Review: Martin Carthy “Martin Carthy”

February 29, 2024 Peter Thompson 2
Vinyl reissue of classic, traditional English folk album from one of the genre’s most influential musicians. This is a vinyl reissue of Martin Carthy’s debut eponymous album. The reissue is one of British folk music label […]
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Reissue Review: Coley Park “Devil Tree”

February 28, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Reading trio’s album reissued by Big Potato. Big Potato’s quest for buried treasure continues with the re-issue of Coley Park’s 2004 album ‘Devil Tree’.  In fact, the original release was titled ‘Down At The Devilin’ Tree’ […]
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The Gordon Sharpe Americana Book Award 2023

February 28, 2024 Tim Martin 4
In May 2022 we lost one of our own. Gordon Sharpe’s pieces for AUK were always a pleasure to read. Having met at our get together in Clitheroe in 2020, we exchanged messages about the music, […]

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I’ve gone on record as proclaiming Waiting For Columbus one of the best live albums in the universe, so I took a long time to reconcile myself to the fact that the band had a life […]
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Steep Canyon Rangers “Next Act”

May 20, 2026 0
Time to secure your first-class ticket to a bluegrass celebration. Steep Canyon Rangers have been around a long time and continue to produce fine music, and their live performances are legendary. Next Act is their fifteenth […]
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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1
At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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This is an album that does exactly what it says on the tin. The exquisite notes that accompany this comprehensive study of country blues do much to set its place within the history of popular music […]
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Something for the weekend: The Guthries “Season to Leave”

March 3, 2023 0
That’s it from us for another week dear reader – don’t forget to check out Mike Ritchie’s 400th show on Sunday, details here – but in the meantime we leave you with a classic track from […]
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Video Premiere: The Mining Co “Christmas No 1”

December 18, 2019 0
From a band we like quite a lot here at AUK Towers, here’s a Christmas song with no mistletoe, wine or tinsel taken from their ‘Three Kings‘ EP.  Instead it’s a quiet and gentle romantic ballad […]

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