Van Morrison

AUK’s Top Ten Americana Albums Ever: Paul Villers

June 11, 2020 Clint West 2

At AUK we are now well into our quest to find the ‘Top 10 Americana Albums Ever’. Over the coming weeks and months each AUK writer will in turn, present their own personal selections. When each […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Edwina Hayes

June 5, 2020 Viv Fish 0

Born in Dublin, Edwina Hayes grew up in Preston, Lancashire before moving to the East coast of Yorkshire. Hayes now divides her time between the UK and Nashville, where she is a much-loved songwriter and artist. […]

10 country rock tracks by UK artists

March 16, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Country rock is a genre of music that was developed in America in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s by American rock musicians adopting country flavourings and as a genre lasted until the end of the’70s. […]

Van Morrison announces London Palladium shows for 2020

August 29, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

Exhibit one: Saxophones in pop are crimes against music: discuss. News today that Van Morrison has announced five London shows next year – at the London Palladium on March 20,21,22,24 & 25th. Tickets go on sale […]

Rock Island Line 65th Anniversary, Cadogan Hall, London, 13th July 2019

July 24, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

There’s no real reason why in the mid-1950s a form of music already more or less forgotten in its homeland should have got a revival in the UK. Yet the short-lived Skiffle craze – a wild […]