A salute to a songwriter of “eloquent simplicity”. According to Ray Wylie Hubbard, “Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt and Billy Joe Shaver were the Holy Trinity of Texas songwriters”. “My favourite songwriter” is how Johnny Cash […]
A love for historical recordings leads Li’l Andy to create a new history. I recently reviewed Canadian singer/songwriter Li’l Andy’s mixed media project, “The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925 – 1930)” in which Li’l Andy […]
Welcome to our second Short Cuts 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 […]
Getting a relaxed swinging sound while channelling influences from Bob Wills to Gram Parsons. Fine Lines are probably the best americana band from Cheshire and they have also managed to land the support slot on Kiefer […]
A kaleidoscope of sound cocoons impressionistic lyrics in ‘psychotropic folk’ album. ‘The Beautiful Undead’ is the fifth album from the The Deer, a quintet from Austin, Texas. It is a confection of poetic pop music and […]
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