October 2018 – Page 18

Besides Daniel “T E E M I N G” (Hubbub! Music, 2018)

October 11, 2018 Alan O'Hare 0

“There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.” The English literary critic Cyril Connolly said that. It’s unclear if the only child of Major Matthew William Kemble Connolly ever […]

Adam’s House Cat “Town Burned Down” (ATO Records 2018)

October 11, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

‘Any ful kno’ that the Drive by Truckers were founded in 1996 by Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley but 9 years before that came Adam’s House Cat, founded in a dank basement in Florence, Alabama. The […]

Luke Combs + Ashley McBryde, Shepherds Bush O2, London, 4th October 2018

October 11, 2018 David Chalfen 0

To west London for the second of Luke Combs’ sell-out nights on what has been an impressively sold-out debut UK tour. Combs has made huge commercial and creative headway in the last three years and his […]

Track premiere: The Deep Hollow “Real Life”

October 11, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Illinois folk trio The Deep Hollow are releasing their latest LP ‘Weary Traveler’ next month and they’ve shared the track ‘Real Life’ from it this morning, a dark and brooding folk tune led by acoustic guitars and intricately-layered […]

John Smith, Cecil Sharp House, London, 20th September 2018

October 11, 2018 Andrew Maxwell Morris 0

The scene was set for something slightly special as I descended the stairs towards the wood panelled bar at Cecil Sharp house this evening. The weather had turned – the wind was starting to kick up […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 1

It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]

Artwork for Lisa Bouchelle album "Vandals Thieves and Lovers"

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

September 23, 2026 0

Classy vocals from Lisa Bouchelle are front and centre of a fine country soul collection, featuring Amanda Shires, with some unexpected twists. It’s always a pleasure as a reviewer to discover a new top vocalist – […]

Album art for Mac Cornish album "Wayfaring Woman"

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

September 23, 2026 0

Californian singer reminds you of the days when country music was country music, and that’s no bad thing. Mac Cornish grew up on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains in northern California, where she […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Album Reviews

Pharis and Jason Romero “Bet On Love” (Lula Records, 2020)

April 28, 2020 0

‘Bet on Love’ is the fifth album from the husband and wife Canadian folk music duo that reside in Horsefly, British Columbia. They have converted the banjo workshop into a studio to record their music with […]

Other stuff

Something for the weekend: Jackson Browne “Fountain of Sorrow – Live”

February 26, 2021 2

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. Earlier this week our writer Rick Bayles discussed Jackson Browne’s ‘Late for the Sky’ in our Classic Americana Albums series which he described as “an album […]

News

Elles Bailey to release new album in August

April 10, 2024 0

Elles Bailey has established herself as a favourite act of the UK Americana Music Association gathering a string of awards since 2020 as well as being championed by leading americana radio presenters like Bob Harris and […]

Month: October 2018