Steve Earle

Steve Earle & Reckless Kelly “Bad Girls” – never sad girls

July 22, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Today’s song finds two titans of Outlaw country turning Wham on their heads and instead of boasting about their own bad boy status find that they are hankering after some of the girls (we’re thinking they […]

Various Artists “Springsteen’s Country”

June 5, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0

Country covers of boss songs – reputations (just about) intact. It seems an artist only needs a handful of well-received, reasonably successful albums, a couple of sold-out tours and a full spec entry on AllMusic to […]

artwork for Colvin & Earle classic album

Classic Americana Albums: Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle “Colvin & Earle”

May 19, 2025 Dean Nardi 2

Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle discovered they had a lot more in common than being respected recording artists in the Americana and folk genres. They both have struggled with addiction (Earle heroin and a smorgasbord of […]

Classic Clips: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band “Carrie Brown” – Late Night with Conan O’Brien, 1999

April 11, 2025 Jonathan Smith 1

There are many artists who need no introduction to the Americana UK audience, but Steve Earle probably heads the list. However, Classic Clips gives us the opportunity to reflect on perhaps one of his most completely […]

Live Review: Luck Reunion, Austin Texas – 13th March 2025

April 3, 2025 Mark Howson 0

Following on from Oliver Gray’s SXSW report we have another AUK reviewer who was at SXSW and took the time to bus it out to the annual Luck Reunion one day festival, hosted by Willie Nelson. […]

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Nic Panken “Near Divine or Merely Rhyme”

April 8, 2026 0

Nic Panken finds a balance and searches for the divine on his first solo project. Nic Panken is a member of the Brooklyn-based band Spirit Family Reunion. This is Panken’s debut solo album and is a […]

Book Review: Geoffrey Himes “Willie Nelson, All the Albums” The Stories Behind The Music

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This book is a thing of beauty. From its presentation to the wonderful array of historical photographs inside, it is a volume to treasure. Author Geoffrey Himes wrote about music every week in the Washington Post […]

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AUK Shortcuts: Jefferson Ross, Old Sap, Tuomas Räisänen, James Houlahan, David Coller, Joel Robson, Matthew Ryan, Sammi Accola, and Mills & Farrell

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Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently, which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, […]

Steve Earle & Reckless Kelly “Bad Girls” – never sad girls

Various Artists “Springsteen’s Country”

Classic Americana Albums: Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle “Colvin & Earle”

Classic Clips: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band “Carrie Brown” – Late Night with Conan O’Brien, 1999

Live Review: Luck Reunion, Austin Texas – 13th March 2025

Nic Panken “Near Divine or Merely Rhyme”

Book Review: Geoffrey Himes “Willie Nelson, All the Albums” The Stories Behind The Music

AUK Shortcuts: Jefferson Ross, Old Sap, Tuomas Räisänen, James Houlahan, David Coller, Joel Robson, Matthew Ryan, Sammi Accola, and Mills & Farrell

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