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Robert Forster “Strawberries”

July 3, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Forster’s ninth album finds him in a happier place as he finds solace in Sweden. The ghost of The Go-Betweens continues to hover over the solo career of Robert Forster, one half (one third really when […]
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Clint West’s American Plus: Listening to Non-Americana Music

June 11, 2024 Clint West 0
The controllers at Social Music Radio give me pretty much free rein to decide what goes into my show from a musical point of view. So, not wanting to be too shackled by the americana label, […]
Live Reviews

Live review: Robert Forster, Lafayette, London – 20th March 2023

April 5, 2023 David Chalfen 0
With over four decades in the industry Robert Forster has lived through a lot. When the Go-Betweens started at Brisbane University in 1977 Americana wasn’t yet a thing and their artistic and indeed commercial dilemma for […]
Album Reviews

Robert Forster “The Candle And The Flame”

February 9, 2023 Peter Churchill 0
Solo album number 8 for respected Brisbane singer-songwriter. Acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Robert Forster has been around a while. He was the co-founder of The Go-Betweens and made nine albums in that guise from the 1980s on, […]
News

Robert Forster announces new album and UK tour for 2023

October 27, 2022 Clint West 0
Robert Forster, a man much admired in these parts, has announced the release of his eigth solo album ‘The Candle and the Flame’ on February 3rd 2023. The album contains nine new songs, all Forster originals […]

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelei “I Will Eat My Heart in The Morning Light” – the sweetest melody of the year

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Well that’s it from us for this week, a week in which we said goodbye to our longtime writers Paul Kerr and Martin Johnson, both of whom died at a very similar age within a few […]
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Americana 25 is only weeks away now – pre-order your festival merch here!

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Grab your festival t-shirt and hat now for collection on the day. Here at AUK Towers, we naturally shy away from the grasping maw of capitalism, but occasionally, in exceptional circumstances, we must face up to […]
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Friends Of Jesse Malin “I Would Do It For You, Vol. 1”

October 16, 2026 0
A second tribute album to the songs of the great Jesse Malin. There can’t be many Americana music fans who weren’t deeply moved by the incredibly sad news back in 2023 that Jesse Malin, one of […]

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Interview: Wesley Stace “I’m never satisfied with my artistic output”

October 13, 2026 0
Since his birth in Sussex in 1965, Wesley Stace has become a man of all colours, releasing 21 albums (17 under the nom de auteur-interprète John Wesley Harding), writing four books, organising the Cabinet of Wonders […]
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Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]

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Elliott Smith’s Either/Or – expanded edition soon

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Fourteen years have passed since Elliot Smith died, and twenty have passed since the release of Either/Or.  There’s been no dimming in the interest in his music, and there’s no reason why more of it shouldn’t […]
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AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Jonathan Aird

April 28, 2022 0
One looks back at the last 22 years (we’re allowing 2000 as part of the 21st Century – I know, I know, I feel your pain fellow numerists) and it has to be admitted that there […]
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Track Premiere: Steve Noonan “Either Way”

March 25, 2022 0
Steve Noonan is a former recording engineer for Prince, however Steve’s music is a blend of influences from postmodern British bands, ’70s songwriters, and Prince, himself.  During his tenure with Prince, Steve worked side by side […]

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