Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg bountiful bundle of news – new album, livestream and UK tour dates announced

July 15, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

We are not going to tell you who Billy Bragg is – you have, dearest reader, no right not to know. We are, after all, all born knowing Billy Bragg songs. So we won’t mention the […]

Various Artists -“The Electric Muse Revisited – The Story of Folk into Rock and Beyond”

June 3, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

One man’s continuing journey through folk, folk-rock and beyond. This is a 4-CD 61-track collection, based on the original book and album from 1975 and now brought up to date by one of the original authors, Robin […]

Pick of the Political Pops: Billy Bragg “The Lonesome Death of Rachel Corrie”

May 21, 2021 Mark Whitfield 3

The Israel-Palestine issue is often presented as something complex, and undoubtedly there are complexities to it, but presenting it as almost unsolvably complex conveniently makes people think there’s nothing they can do about it and so […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Kimberly Bright

January 21, 2021 Clint West 3

We’ve heard a lot about “light at the end of the tunnel” recently. For 20 years AUK has been vaccinating readers against the harmful effects of cheesy music by injecting a large dose of cool americana […]

Billy Bragg announces UK dates

October 9, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

At last some good news – Billy Bragg has announced an Autumn tour. OK, Autumn 2021 – but it’s something to look forward to. And he’ll have been able to write his “goodbye to Trump now […]

Unearthed 1968 recording of Buck Owen and the Buckaroos to be released next month

September 3, 2026 0

More than half a century after Buck Owens and the Buckaroos took the stage at Las Vegas’ Mint Hotel and Casino, a remarkable document of the band at the height of its powers is finally seeing […]

My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

September 3, 2026 0

Melody and heartfelt ruminations on family, life and love combine to winning effect on a timeless album. My Girl The River sees Kris Wilkinson Hughes collaborating with husband Joe and daughter Rue, and this wonderfully honest […]

Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey Temecula March 2010

Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

September 3, 2026 0

Pieta Brown (53) is the daughter of beloved folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown with whom she reunited after a rather bohemian lifestyle following her parents’ separation when she was 2 years old. At the time she was […]

Billy Bragg bountiful bundle of news – new album, livestream and UK tour dates announced

Various Artists -“The Electric Muse Revisited – The Story of Folk into Rock and Beyond”

Pick of the Political Pops: Billy Bragg “The Lonesome Death of Rachel Corrie”

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Kimberly Bright

Billy Bragg announces UK dates

Unearthed 1968 recording of Buck Owen and the Buckaroos to be released next month

My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years

Alex Dupree “Talking To The Dog”