Michael Weston King

Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “Die of Shame”

May 22, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

Once again, it’s a privilege to premiere the video of a song as beautiful and masterfully crafted as Die of Shame from one of the UK’s finest songwriters, Michael Weston King. Through the video, featuring a […]

Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “The Golden Hour”

April 27, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

It’s a privilege to premiere the video for The Golden Hour, the opening track from Michael Weston King’s latest album. It’s great to see all the performers at work in precise collaboration; Colin Elliot’s insistent keys, […]

Video: Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore” – disarming reflections on life and loss

April 8, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is another deeply emotive and brilliantly-crafted song from Michael Weston King. This year, King had planned to release another My Darling Clementine album with his wife Lou Dalgleish. However, as has been well-documented on AUK […]

Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 Martin Johnson 0

How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

March 27, 2026 Tim Martin 4

Tragedy turned into thoughtful, considered, often uplifting songwriting. At the end of 2024, Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish shared their first artistic reactions to the loss of their granddaughter Bebe King, at Southport with a […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0

Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]

Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “Die of Shame”

Video Premiere: Michael Weston King “The Golden Hour”

Video: Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore” – disarming reflections on life and loss

Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring author and journalist Liz Thomson