Dr John

Dr John “Sleeping Dogs Best Left Alone” – Great sounds from great man’s last album

June 13, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Another song from the late and much lamented Dr John (one of the few of whom it can be truly said “there’ll never be another one like him”), taken from the last studio album he completed […]

Dr John “Walk On Guilded Splinters” – laying some gris-gris on y’all

May 9, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Mac Rebennack took on the mantle of Dr John, the Nightripper on the classic album ‘Gris-Gris‘ released in 1968. It’s fair to say that it set a musical direction for most of the rest of Rebennack’s […]

Interview: Maria Muldaur on inventing Americana, songwriting and royalties

August 17, 2021 Tim Martin 1

From New York hippie chick to grande dame of American roots music. She started out as a New York hippie jug band chick playing with David Grisman and John Sebastian in the Even Dozen Jug Band […]

A Night to Remember: We’re seeing who?!

May 18, 2021 Jonathan Aird 3

A night to remember? We sure do like to set ourselves a challenge – and part of that is to avoid some gauche “bragging rights” list. Honestly, it’s the gigs I could have made but missed […]

Them Dirty Dimes “In Gold We Trust”

March 17, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

Precisely played and entertaining jazz/roots Dutch debut. There was a little debate at AUK central about exactly where this offering sat genre-wise until musical uber galactico (see that clever meld of the kings of European football […]

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

August 6, 2026 0

For more than two decades, Freddy Trujillo has quietly built one of the most distinctive careers in American roots music. Whether anchoring the rhythm section as bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines or as a […]

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

August 6, 2026 0

Railcard’s new single from their debut album Two Steps At A Time, is a softly sunny power pop take on a common problem – the unreasonable person who lives next door. Tell us about it. Although […]

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

August 6, 2026 0

Here’s the sound of the summer; Marianne is upbeat folk from singer-songwriter Karl Bray. Featuring guitar from Paul Phillips, former member of Pooh Sticks, Marianne opens with a light strum before the song settles into its swaying […]

Dr John “Sleeping Dogs Best Left Alone” – Great sounds from great man’s last album

Dr John “Walk On Guilded Splinters” – laying some gris-gris on y’all

Interview: Maria Muldaur on inventing Americana, songwriting and royalties

A Night to Remember: We’re seeing who?!

Them Dirty Dimes “In Gold We Trust”

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

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

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”