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Alanna Matty “This Past Year” (EP) (Independent, 2019)

May 20, 2019 Mark Nenadic 0

Intimate. A word overused, often lazily, to describe the elemental voice and acoustic guitar approach to song presentation that is pretty much omnipresent nowadays. However, Torontarian (yes that’s a real word) Alanna Matty really does serve […]

Dervish “The Great Irish Songbook” (Concord Records, 2019)

May 17, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

One has to be grateful that Irish folk veterans Dervish have not gone down the Rod Stewart route with this collection of thirteen classic folk songs, choosing instead to rope in an impressive list of guests […]

The Fireflys “Only Us, Northern Lights” (Strawberry Moon Records, 2019)

May 17, 2019 Peter Churchill 0

The Fireflys have many things to commend them to music lovers of a certain vintage. To start with there is the declaration of intent by vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter Lee Wylding “to promote listening to […]

Big Jim Brown and the Speedkings “Devil On The Other Shoulder” (Independent, 2019)

May 16, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

The Speedkings are whomever Jim Brown is playing with, so this latest release doesn’t have much of a common line-up with 2016’s ‘After All, it’s Been Forever‘ and on any given night his live band is […]

True Strays “Homeward Bound” EP (Fieldview Records, 2019)

May 16, 2019 Mike Elliott 0

There’s no doubt True Strays can rock out. The drums pound. The cymbals crash. The guitars crunch and slide and the bass bellows below it all. Their latest EP, ‘Homeward Bound’ kicks off with the hard […]

Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”

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Jason McNiff has announced the release of his latest album, Ten Blue Songs, his 10th, and, despite the melancholy title, he assures us it is a record of celebration, a celebration of the musical life he […]

The Welcome Addition “Now Forever” – a mournful tale of self-sabotage

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Those of you familiar with us will know that we are a website based in the People’s Republic of Liverpool and so we’re always happy to feature music on our wavelength from around these parts […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Clayton Chaney

July 8, 2026 0

With nearly two decades of songwriting under his belt, Clayton Chaney feels more connected than ever to his craft, offering some incredibly heartfelt, pensive, and witty songs grounded in real human experience. “I try to keep […]