Will Oldham

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Bonnie Prince Billy “We Are Together Again”

March 5, 2026 Sebastian Reyes Turner 0

How community might just save you from yourself (and the world). “However dimly we perceive it, we are living through a change of worlds. The one we were born into is slipping away, reshaped and denuded […]

Bonnie “Prince” Billy “The Purple Bird”

January 29, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

Will Oldham goes all Nashville on us but maintains his outsider status with style. We’ve precious few mavericks left alive these days but Will Oldham certainly fits the bill with his lengthy and much varied discography […]

Bonnie “Prince” Billy announces the release of his ‘Nashville’ album The Purple Bird – Yeehaw!

October 30, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Bonnie “Prince” Billy aka Will Oldham has announced the release his new studio album “The Purple Bird” on January 31st 2025. Made in Nashville with producer David “Ferg” Ferguson and an ensemble of A-list session musicians, […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Will Oldham “Big Balls”

March 21, 2022 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

Last week it was Malvina Reynolds and her ‘Little Boxes’. This week it is something opposite – Will Oldham and his ‘Big Balls’. Now, Oldham is one true musical chameleon, from the changing personalities he records […]

Will Oldham and John Sayles – “Matewan”

March 16, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

A powerful tale of working life in the 1920’s Virginia coal mines. Americana goes to the movies, as Gordon Sharpe takes another of his occasional looks at films making good use of an Americana-based soundtrack… Film […]

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Something for the weekend: Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel “Flying Things (Feat. The Secret Sisters)”

March 6, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm as always, but in the meantime we leave you dear reader with a beautiful […]

Sam Lewis “Everything’s Fine”

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A gentle soul-searching album that will appeal to fans of John Prine and James Taylor. There are several artists, it seems, who go by the name of Sam Lewis. So, just to be clear, this release, […]

Suzanne Vega returns with more dates around festival appearances

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Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega continues her successful Flying with Angels Tour, bringing the career-spanning set to new stops in Salisbury, Folkestone, Halifax, and Aylesbury, where she will be joined on stage by her longtime guitarist, Gerry Leonard […]

Bonnie Prince Billy “We Are Together Again”

Bonnie “Prince” Billy “The Purple Bird”

Bonnie “Prince” Billy announces the release of his ‘Nashville’ album The Purple Bird – Yeehaw!

AUK’s Chain Gang: Will Oldham “Big Balls”

Will Oldham and John Sayles – “Matewan”

Something for the weekend: Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel “Flying Things (Feat. The Secret Sisters)”

Sam Lewis “Everything’s Fine”

Suzanne Vega returns with more dates around festival appearances

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