2018 – Page 179 – Americana UK

Tommy Emmanuel + Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo, Union Chapel London, 24th May 2018

May 30, 2018 David Fox 0

Islington’s Union Chapel is perhaps the favourite venue of many of the musicians who perform in London. It seats around a thousand people (on very hard Church pews admittedly) but the reward for the gig goer […]

Video: The Tillers “River Boat Dishwashin’ Song”

May 30, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

Another excellent slice of catchy rootsy Americana from Cincinnatti’s Tillers, taken from their latest eponymous album.

Ciara O’Neill “Arrow” (Independent, 2018)

May 29, 2018 Steven Howlett 0

‘Arrow,’ the second album from the Ciara O’Neill, a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Portadown, Northern Ireland really is quite a special record. There’s no doubting Ciara’s origins; her voice has that Celtic folk inflexion that […]

Robyn Hitchcock, Oran Mor, Glasgow, 24th May 2018

May 29, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

I don’t know if Brian Ferry’s ears were burning the other night but if so it was probably because he received several mentions from Robyn Hitchcock in his fantastical and extremely funny in between song patter […]

Nils Lofgren, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge 24th May 2018

May 29, 2018 Jonathan Aird 1

Nils Lofgren near-solo – he’s accompanied tonight by multi-instrumentalist Gregg Varlotta – is a very different thing from what one might imagine from his “day job”. Shortly before heading off for his UK tour celebrating fifty […]

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

July 1, 2026 0

In 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the […]

All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

July 1, 2026 0

The music of Alton and Rabon Delmore continues to influence generations of singers and songwriters across multiple genres. From their first appearance as the Delmore Brothers at the 1926 Athens Fiddlers Convention, their intricate harmonies took […]

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

July 1, 2026 0

Unfashionable but influential collaborative indie singer-songwriter enjoys a career-spanning retrospective following her untimely death earlier this year. Lynn Blakey was not a name that gained a great deal of traction commercially but she was an influential […]

Year: 2018

Tommy Emmanuel + Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo, Union Chapel London, 24th May 2018

Video: The Tillers “River Boat Dishwashin’ Song”

Ciara O’Neill “Arrow” (Independent, 2018)

Robyn Hitchcock, Oran Mor, Glasgow, 24th May 2018

Nils Lofgren, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge 24th May 2018

Interview: Jeff Finlin – the hero who journeys among us

All-star tribute to the Delmore Brothers to be released in October

Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album