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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Brooks Williams

July 29, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Writing and performing for over thirty years, Brooks Williams has carved out his own niche and earned a reputation as a superior guitarist to go along with prolific songcraft that has produced a staggering 34 albums […]

This State of the Union is a very fine thing and they’re out on tour!

February 4, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams aka State of the Union, are out on tour creating their “magical, stripped back and enthralling musical atmosphere” as usual with just two guitars and two voices. The two formed their […]

AUK Shortcuts February 2024: Luke Callen, Pierce Crask, Casey Neill & The Norway Rats, James Varda, Dusty Wright, Brooks Williams, Jim Byrne, Red Sammy and Cowboy Kerouac with Cocaine Fairies

February 29, 2024 Paul Kerr 2

Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly 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 […]

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Rab Noakes & Brooks Williams “Should We Tell Him”

August 18, 2023 Graeme Tait 0

An album of Don Everly songs proves a fitting tribute to the legend of the Scottish Folk scene, Rab Noakes. Rab Noakes, who died last October after a short illness, was a touchstone of the Scottish […]

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Live Review: Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow, The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle upon Tyne – 23rd April 2023

May 4, 2023 Viv Fish 0

The Cumberland Arms in Newcastle’s trendy and historic Ouseburn district has been a well-established music venue since the 1960s, supporting hundreds of artists and events each year. Tonight it was the turn of Brooks Williams & […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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