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Live Review: The Handsome Family, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich – 7th September 2022

September 16, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

The summer heatwaves may be over but there were still waves of heat in the Norwich Art Centre last week. Indeed the temperature was so high that Brett Sparks of The Handsome Family noted that it […]

Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen “Hold On”

September 16, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Blistering bluegrass from two-time Grammy nominees. Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen are a progressive bluegrass band that have twice received Grammy nominations for Best Bluegrass album and, on the strength of this new album, it looks […]

artwork for Charley Crockett's 'The Man from Waco'

Charley Crockett “The Man from Waco”

September 15, 2022 FredArnold 0

Charley Crockett’s 12th outing sees him go from strength to strength with possibly his best album. Charley Crockett is nothing if not prolific – this is his 12th album since 2015 and every one contains gems […]

Live Review: Gretchen Peters, Kings Place, London – 2nd September 2022

September 15, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

A glorious early September evening with the recently developed and gentrified streets between the back of the railway lines and down by the canal doing their best to entice the avid music fan away from Kings […]

Starry Skies “Small Wonders”

September 15, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Fourth album from Glasgow based folk/art chamber popsters. There’s lot to like about this latest offering from the well respected Starry Skies. Adept at mixing genres but rooted in singer songwriter sensibilities this album offers a […]

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

June 30, 2026 0

On Singing Machine, Microphone, the final track on David Borné’s 2023 debut Genesis, he sings of the unbridled, innocent joy of making music during childhood for nothing but the pure love of it. It’s a soaring […]

Ian Prowse “No Names”

June 30, 2026 0

Impassioned energy and emotionally charged politics from Merseyside luminary. Ian Prowse has been making music for more than thirty years, first with indie band Pele, then forming the band Amsterdam in 1999, and now releasing albums […]

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

June 30, 2026 0

Occasionally, we provide a compendium of recently announced live shows, so here are three sets of tour dates that came our way in the last few days. Gaslight Anthem main man, Brian Fallon, who recently led […]

Live Review: The Handsome Family, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich – 7th September 2022

Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen “Hold On”

Charley Crockett “The Man from Waco”

Live Review: Gretchen Peters, Kings Place, London – 2nd September 2022

Starry Skies “Small Wonders”

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

Ian Prowse “No Names”

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Dillon Warnek

Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks