Columns
AUK Back Pages No. 23
So, welcome to 2012. There’s a new cover design for the monthly CD sent out to the Friends Of Americana UK, all packed with a selection of songs plucked from the latest releases, along with our […]
News
Teddy Thompson returns with both album and tour vowing to “Never Be The Same”
London-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Teddy Thompson returns to the fray with Never Be The Same, due out May 15th via RPF Records/Royal Potato Family. This is his first collection of original material since 2020, and he does […]
Tracks
NOCONA “How Do You Feel?” – pretty good, mostly, slight ache just there, but mustn’t grumble
Are you, good readers of Americana UK, ready for some music that isn’t Americana? What? What? No, no, calm down, it’s not so bad. NOCONA, the band from Los Angeles, have spent 12 years denying that […]
Videos
Video: Foy Vance “We Almost Made It” – weary, confessional intimacy
Foy Vance has released another striking single, We Almost Made It, which aches with vulnerability. Hushed and delicate, the song unfolds in bittersweet tones and a beautifully fluent melody over gently rolling drums. As ever, Vance’s […]
Features
More People Really Should Know About: Demi Marriner
The title of this piece is “More People Really Should Know About“, but I’d wager that more people have come across Demi Marriner and her work than realise, so perhaps the piece should be entitled More […]
News
Deer Tick return to their roots with “Coin-O-Matic” out in June
Providence’s Deer Tick have announced the 5th June release of their ninth studio album, Coin-O-Matic, via ATO. The LP is said to cast a bright light on a little-known facet of the American mythos: the hidden […]
Are you, good readers of Americana UK, ready for some music that isn’t Americana? What? What? No, no, calm down, it’s not so bad. NOCONA, the band from Los Angeles, have spent 12 years denying [...]- Foy Vance has released another striking single, We Almost Made It, which aches with vulnerability. Hushed and delicate, the song unfolds in bittersweet tones and a beautifully fluent melody over gently rolling drums. As ever, [...]
- Chris Williams and Steve Varney (also known as Kid Reverie) made their musical connection in 2020 over that most common of shared loves – the love of the banjo. It started out as informal lessons, [...]
- Multi-instrumentalist Nils Lofgren needs no introduction. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer exploded into our consciousness on Neil Young’s classic After the Goldrush while still a teenager. The first musician to have a guitar [...]
- Mr Americana, Jim Lauderdale, has a new album slated for release on April 24th, it’s called The Birds Know and it finds Lauderdale reunited once again with the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys in order to slake [...]
Peter Thompson:
Hi Steve. Thanks for commenting. Interesting question regarding the audio, I have no idea as to whether Henley, Walsh or…
Mark Whitfield:
I'm not so sure about the "not a fascist' thing - if you have a spare 3 hours of your…
