July 2019 – Page 23 – Americana UK

Karine Polwart unveils her Scottish Songbook and UK dates

July 9, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Karine Polwart is well known for her contributions to folk music – she has after all won six BBC Folk Awards and was 2018’s singer of the year. Her newest project has an interesting slant on […]

Video: Molly Tuttle “Light Came In (Power Went Out)”

July 9, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

This is from Molly Tuttle’s debut album “When You’re Ready“, which we quite liked here at AUK. This is a very radio-friendly pop-rock track that zips along in a very more-ish way. She’s got a few […]

Will Hoge announces summer UK dates

July 8, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

Will Hoge has announced a limited run of UK tour dates in Glasgow, Bristol, Manchester, and London from tomorrow until 12th of July. The Nashville singer-songwriter has received critical praise for his latest album ‘My American […]

Daniel Norgren “Wooh Dang” (Superpuma Records, 2019)

July 8, 2019 Harold Hogan 0

The opening to ‘Wooh Dang‘, Swedish musician Daniel Norgren’s eighth record, drifts dreamily into focus. With a mixture of birds and ambient nature sounds, as well as strange sci-fi noises, it sounds like a BBC sound […]

Cambridge Folk Festival announce single use plastic ban

July 8, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

It’s less than a month now before the Cambridge Folk Festival opens its gates and this year it features Iron & Wine with Calexico, Lucinda Williams, Graham Nash and The Rails amongst its array of folk […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

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Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

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A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

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Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Month: July 2019