2017 – Page 125 – Americana UK

Nolan McKelvey & Dave Desmelik ”Where It Takes Us” (Independent, 2017)

August 9, 2017 Nick Jarman 1

”Where It Takes Us” is a product of 20 years of friendship, musical partnership and mutual support between these two veteran artists. Both Nolan & Dave have had long careers in various pursuits of roots music, […]

Country legend Glen Campbell dies at 81

August 9, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1

Sad news overnight with the death of country legend Glen Campbell who has died after a battle with illness for many years. Billboard reported the family as saying: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that […]

Video: Father John Misty “Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution”

August 9, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

The stop motion video here is just amazing, and the Father’s song is superb, a picture of a future after environmental disaster and it’s not pretty.

Amelia White “Rhythm of the Rain” (White Wolf Records, 2017)

August 8, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0

White’s patternation of voice might not be to everyone’s taste – but those that don’t ‘get it’ are just wrong or maybe ill informed – or both. This is the real deal, full of juicy tunes; […]

Tony James Shevlin “American Odyssey” (Oh Mercy Records, 2017)

August 8, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

Well-respected Anglo-Irish songwriter Tony James Shevlin spent several months on the road in the US back in 2015 covering 17 States and 11,000 miles, notebook in hand. American Odyssey is his tour diary translated into song, […]

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

June 30, 2026 0

On Singing Machine, Microphone, the final track on David Borné’s 2023 debut Genesis, he sings of the unbridled, innocent joy of making music during childhood for nothing but the pure love of it. It’s a soaring […]

Ian Prowse “No Names”

June 30, 2026 0

Impassioned energy and emotionally charged politics from Merseyside luminary. Ian Prowse has been making music for more than thirty years, first with indie band Pele, then forming the band Amsterdam in 1999, and now releasing albums […]

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

June 30, 2026 0

Occasionally, we provide a compendium of recently announced live shows, so here are three sets of tour dates that came our way in the last few days. Gaslight Anthem main man, Brian Fallon, who recently led […]

Year: 2017

Nolan McKelvey & Dave Desmelik ”Where It Takes Us” (Independent, 2017)

Country legend Glen Campbell dies at 81

Video: Father John Misty “Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution”

Amelia White “Rhythm of the Rain” (White Wolf Records, 2017)

Tony James Shevlin “American Odyssey” (Oh Mercy Records, 2017)

More People Really Should Know About: David Borné

Ian Prowse “No Names”

New tour dates for Brian Fallon, Pokey Lafarge and The Roseline

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Dillon Warnek

Preview: Rose’s Pawn Shop selling great gigs for the next couple of weeks