February 2018 – Page 9

John Calvin Abney “Coyote” (Black Mesa Records, 2018)

February 19, 2018 Muff Fitzgerald 0

Girlfriend or girl-fiend? There are some excellent break-up albums around at the moment. Lilly Hiatt’s gorgeously rocking ‘Trinity Lane’ is written in blood and self-recrimination and now along comes Coyote from John Calvin Abney, who offers […]

Video premiere: Ginger Wildheart “Paying It Forward”

February 19, 2018 Mark Whitfield 1

Omg this is catchy. Ginger Wildheart (no relation to Baker) releases his new album ‘Ghost In the Tanglewood’ on 2nd March on the Graphite label and he’s shared with us this morning the video from the next […]

Ordinary Elephant “Before I Go” (Independent 2017)

February 19, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

Crystal Hariu and Peter Hanmore are the married couple that are Ordinary Elephant and this is a very considered and often stately work. The album seems to be surfing some sort of zeitgeist in Americana at […]

Belle of the Fall “Rise Up” – Listen

February 19, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Belle of the Fall is Tracy Walton and Julia Autumn Ford, an indie folk rock pop alternative americana with a soul, duo from Connecticut. Tracy plays upright bass and sings and Julia plays nylon string guitar […]

VanWyck “An Average Woman” (Independent, 2018)

February 19, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

VanWyck is an Amsterdam based singer who has tried out a number of different musical genres on her path to this intimate album of confessional songs. It’s a wildly varying CV taking in classical piano, rapping, […]

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

August 7, 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. We leave you dear reader with a new song from Nate Amos aka This […]

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

August 7, 2026 0

A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]

Month: February 2018

John Calvin Abney “Coyote” (Black Mesa Records, 2018)

Video premiere: Ginger Wildheart “Paying It Forward”

Ordinary Elephant “Before I Go” (Independent 2017)

Belle of the Fall “Rise Up” – Listen

VanWyck “An Average Woman” (Independent, 2018)

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

The Wild High “Listen to The Wild High”