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Concrete Prairie “Concrete Prairie”

September 9, 2022 Viv Fish 0

Attention, please, you are about to be blown away. After initially being unimpressed with the shallow line “when the shit hits the fan” in the opening song, this album has profoundly resonated. It is incredibly moving, […]

Chris Fox “In Plain Sight”

September 9, 2022 Alan Fitter 0

Gentle acoustic folk album enlivened by three tracks with a Latin lilt. ‘In Plain Sight’ is the latest album from singer songwriter Chris Fox. Recorded at Gladeside Recordings in Cambridge – Fox is Cambridgeshire born – […]

Live Review: Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, The Long Road Festival – August 27th 2022

September 9, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Annual country roots and Americana weekend The Long Road Festival took place again on the August Bank Holiday at Stanford Hall. Fifteen thousand cowboy hats and pairs of boots turned their eyes and ears to The […]

Live Review: The Bros Landreth + Mariel Buckley, Shepherds Bush Empire – 1st September 2022

September 8, 2022 Martin Fisher 0

“Sorry it took us so long to get here” proclaimed a somewhat relieved yet energised Joey Landreth midway into this evenings rocking opener ‘Runaway Train’. Late 2019 the band were in early touring stages, promoting the then […]

Will Hoge “Wings On My Shoes”

September 8, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Hoge returns with a strong set of songs forged in lockdown but full of widescreen stories. Will Hoge’s twenty year career has been an extended essay of blue collar country with rocky tones and this new […]

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 […]

Concrete Prairie “Concrete Prairie”

Chris Fox “In Plain Sight”

Live Review: Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, The Long Road Festival – August 27th 2022

Live Review: The Bros Landreth + Mariel Buckley, Shepherds Bush Empire – 1st September 2022

Will Hoge “Wings On My Shoes”

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