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Something for the weekend: Passenger “It Was Gonna Be You”
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Passenger out today called It Was Gonna Be You which doesn’t really have a whole lot of […]
Book Reviews
Paperback Riders: George Takei “To The Stars”
George Takei’s 1994 autobiography, To the Stars, is rather more than a standard Hollywood memoir. Whilst it does cover his years on the USS Enterprise in detail, the more interesting aspects lie in the exploration of […]
Classic Clips
Classic Clips: Julian Taylor “Friend Of The Devil” – LIVE at SiriusXM, 2019
Julian Taylor is no stranger to these pages, and his musical journey has lasted more than 25 years… so far. He first got noticed in the band Staggered Crossing, and when they broke up in 2007 […]
News
The Morning Line polish up their Stars on a new label and look to the future
Big Stir Records has announced the upcoming release of Stars, a career-encompassing yet completely new collection from acclaimed San Francisco Bay Area band The Morning Line (and they’re not horse racing pundits). A 21-track ‘bonanza’ featuring […]
News
The latest AUK Podcast is now available featuring Laura Veirs
A fabulous chat with Laura Veirs is the centrepiece of this week’s podcast on the day of the release of her latest album, Temple Songs. Laura chats from her studio in Portland about the album, its […]
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Kaz Murphy “Iowa Ohio Arizona” – swinging places for swinging people
Kaz Murphy loves a challenge, so when he was asked to be nice to states that seem to have turned not nice (or, as the modern speak has it, “where only not good happens bigly” he […]
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Passenger out today called It Was Gonna Be You which doesn’t really have a whole lot [...]- Kaz Murphy loves a challenge, so when he was asked to be nice to states that seem to have turned not nice (or, as the modern speak has it, “where only not good happens bigly” [...]
Here’s the latest video from Berlin-based Australian singer-songwriter Ned Collette. Commandeered Parade is an atmospheric song that builds slowly and subtly with layers of synths, drums from Joe Talia, Marina Cyrino’s flute and piano from [...]- What do you get when you give a sixth-generation musician and aspiring songwriter a ukulele? You’re expecting fey songs or something a little bedroom-based, right? No, no, no…that’s not Charissa Hoffman at all. She explains [...]
- Here is a wonderful addition to your summer soundtrack. Let It Happen, a song full of heart and positivity from Jo Bartlett and Neil Haydock, should be bursting loudly from your speakers beneath the heatwave [...]
Alison Jennings:
Echoes of Rickie Lee Jones in her vocals, gorgeous instrumentation. She is the daughter of Greg Brown, no?
Phil Coppin:
Thanks Rick, Sad to hear if true. Early on,Pete was the bass player with a band called Freedom. Roger Saunders,…
John Porter:
A great band that deserves more attention. Thanks for this...
