Features
The Americana Spirit of 24: Peter Thompson
AUK writers look back at the last 12 months in americana, starting with our staff writer Peter Thompson. Is it that time already? The year has simply flown by – I feel like I’m still waiting […]
Bruce Springsteen
Interviews
Video Interview: Ian Prowse celebrates 20 years of ‘Does This Train Stop On Merseyside’
Experiencing your greatest musical success when you are 60. The old adage “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” could have been written for Liverpool’s own Ian Prowse. The singer-songwriter has been in two […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Kenneth Womack and Kenneth L. Campbell “Bruce Songs: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-Album, Song-by-Song”
Well, this is a hefty tome, an oversized hardback running to more than 250 pages, with something of the whiff of the academic about it – a meticulous study of Springsteen’s officially released oeuvre, to date, […]
Album Reviews
Various Artists “Silver Patron Saints: The Songs Of Jesse Malin”
A moving statement of support for a great songwriter from his contemporaries Jesse Malin may be one of those artists that can be characterised as a songwriter’s songwriter. Certainly, the list of his collaborators and admirers […]
Tracks
Bruce Springsteen “She Don’t Love Me Now” – aw gee, do ya’ wanna grab a beer?
Well, here’s The Boss covering a Jesse Malin song – it’s the latest single from ‘Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin‘ which is out on 20th September as a 3xLP or 2xCD set on […]