June 2018 – Page 21 – Americana UK

Curse Of Lono, Dot To Dot Festival, Mr Wolfs, Bristol, 25th May

June 6, 2018 Tim Merricks 0

Most fans of Americana music should by now be familiar with the works of Felix Bechtolsheimer, whether that be from his groundbreaking British country blues revivalists Hey Negrita or the more recent murky window into his […]

The Ballads of Child Migration to tour in November

June 6, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Probably the first and last time you’ll read the name “Barbara Dickson” on AUK. In November 2018, a collective of folk musicians and singers including John McCusker, Michael McGoldrick, Boo Hewerdine, O’Hooley & Tidow, Chris While, […]

O&O “Tears In The Rain” – Listen

June 6, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Long distance relationships – hard work, as O&O would be the first to agree as ‘Tears in the Rain’ is a lovely duet that was inspired by the pair’s own temporary parting of the ways. Having […]

Glenn Frey “Above The Clouds” (Geffen/USM 2018)

June 6, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

Glenn Frey will forever be associated with the Eagles, the band he formed with Don Henley and which came to define Country Rock in the 1970s. Sadly, Glenn was one of the flurry of musicians that […]

Video: I’m Kingfisher “Sarajevo”

June 6, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

A delicate and lovely song from I’m Kingfisher (known a long time ago as Thomas Denver Jonsson), taken from his new album Transit (Fading Trails Recordings) which we at AUK liked very much indeed.

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

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If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

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A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

Ad for American Beauty album 5th December 1970

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”