Matthew Check

Artwork for Matthew Check ep "The November Session'

Matthew Check “The November Album”

November 16, 2021 Jonathan Smith 0

Personal songs from the archive of folk/Americana artist. Matthew Check is a singer-songwriter based out of Brooklyn, New York. ‘The November Album’ originally dates from recordings made in 2013, but which are finally seeing the […]

Video Premiere: Matthew Check “Couple of Reasons”

October 6, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

The new single from Matthew Check is a rhythmic foot-tapper, upbeat and full of energy. ‘Couple of Reasons’ makes the perfect soundtrack for driving through those wide-open spaces you see in the accompanying video. The […]

Whitney K “Hard To Be A God”

May 18, 2022 0

Compelling second album from emerging major talent – small but perfectly formed. Every now then something stops you in your tracks as you trawl through the review material. The album ‘Hard To Be A God’ did […]

Izaak Opatz “Extra Medium”

May 18, 2022 0

True tales of romantic struggling. Izaak Opatz has been meandering towards ‘Extra Medium‘ for a while – a couple of years back he had an album of mostly country covers and two remakes of songs […]

Noble Jacks “Last Of The Wild”

May 17, 2022 0

High energy fiddle-driven songs that make for a great summer soundtrack. A 2019 tour with The Dead South seems to have seeped into the Noble Jacks’ song writing for their third album. That’s not to […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 0

I heard from a colleague, who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there […]

News

Introducing ‘The Twang Factor’ – AUK’s showcase for new artists

September 17, 2020 2

Another reminder about this one everyone! At AUK we are firm believers in supporting new talent, especially in the current difficult environment. We are therefore putting our money where our mouth is by introducing ‘The […]

Features

This website kills fascists – Vote for hope today

December 12, 2019 16

Today dear reader is one of the most important days for this country that we’ve faced in decades, certainly since 1979. I wrote a piece a couple of years ago on the day of 2017’s […]

Classic Americana Albums: Wilco “Sky Blue Sky”

Classic Americana Albums

May 18, 2022 0

From the opening delicate notes of ‘Either Way‘ to the closing chords of ‘On and On and On’, “Sky Blue Sky” signalled Wilco’s intent to develop into an even more interesting and arresting band than the […]

Frank Poindexter With The Rice Brothers “Washington & Lee Swing” – Dobro Delights

Tracks

May 18, 2022 1

Frank Poindexter is a natural choice for the Wednesday afternoon “instrumental when we have ’em” Track slot, not only is he a master of dobro but his back story is quite simple one of those […]

Nambucca closes its doors – Music Venue Trust blames venue ownership

News

May 18, 2022 0

“Until we, the music community, Own Our Venues, we cannot properly protect them” Nambucca, the Holloway Road, 300-capacity, grassroots venue closed its doors for the last time on May 14th. The latest in a sad […]

Whitney K “Hard To Be A God”

Album Reviews

May 18, 2022 0

Drive -By Truckers “The Driver” – holy crap, this is intense

Tracks

May 18, 2022 0

Look, all we have to say is here’s some more evidence that suggests that the new album ‘Welcome 2 Club XIII‘ is going to do rather well on the end of year lists. ‘Welcome 2 […]

Matthew Check “The November Album”

Video Premiere: Matthew Check “Couple of Reasons”

Interview: Fairport Convention’s Dave Pegg on the band’s first 55 years and the ukulele bass

Interview: Kris Wilkinson Hughes on The ARC Tour with Kate Ellis and Anna Howie

Interview: David Ford and Annie Dressner on their spontaneous joint project

Notes from abroad: Bluegrass and Americana is alive and kicking at the Suwanee Music Festival

Interview: Dutch americana artist and member of Matthews Southern Comfort Eric Devries

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