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artwork for Jeffrey Martin album "Thank God We Left The Garden".

Jeffrey Martin “Thank God We Left The Garden”

November 2, 2023 Graeme Tait 6

Martin delivers eleven hymns for the confessional on this most stunning and personal album. Jeffrey Martin may currently be a name you are unfamiliar with but with the release of his new album, the remarkably understated […]

Artwork for John Baumann album “Border Radio”

John Baumann “Border Radio”

November 2, 2023 Peter Thompson 0

Storytelling album filled with songs about Texan characters (and cars); lyrically inconsistent but still a good listen. Seemingly ever since the advent of motoring, there have been songs that reference cars (or automobiles). Songs that mention […]

Israel Nash “Ozarker”

November 1, 2023 Peter Churchill 2

Another high-class offering from the talented Mr Nash. There is a feature running on this esteemed website “More People Really Should Know About” that allows writers at AUK to shine a spotlight on artists whose work […]

Live Review: Kassi Valazza + Eli Winter, Mono, Glasgow, 26th October 2023

November 1, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

With Kassi Valazza’s album, ‘Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing’, riding high in my favourite albums of the year it was with a great deal of anticipation that I attended her first Scottish appearance in Glasgow’s hip Mono […]

Heather Lynne Horton “Get Me to a Nunnery”

November 1, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

High-quality music with compelling lyrics detailing the struggles in women’s lives. Chicago’s Heather Lynne Horton says that this record was inspired partly by the bravery of Sinead O’Connor, “chastised and persecuted for speaking for the broken, […]

Ferris & Sylvester “Jealous” – go green, my hulk

July 8, 2026 0

What’s this then, Issy Ferris is pining to inspire jealousy? That does seem to be the main thrust of the latest single from the latest album, It’s A Joy To Be Alive, set to be released […]

Video: Pokey LaFarge “The Thing” – I can’t get no satisfaction

July 8, 2026 0

Here’s the latest single from Illinois singer-songwriter Pokey LaFarge. The Thing is a brilliantly moody song, built around insistent percussion and an infectious groove that makes you want to move and sway. LaFarge delivers a smooth […]

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1

Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]