October 2020 – Page 3

Video: Evelyn Cools “Misfit Paradise”

October 30, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Found-footage of families from the 1920s and 1930s experiencing the innocent delight in one another’s company features throughout this engaging video from Evelyn Cools. Cools explains the inspiration behind the video: “There is something about home […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Emily Dongray

October 29, 2020 Clint West 3

Welcome once again to AUK’s ongoing quest to find the top 10 americana albums ever. For anyone new to this (and by the way, where have you been?) Each week a different AUK writer lists their […]

Sam Morrow “Gettin’ By on Gettin’ Down'” (Forty Below Records, 2020)

October 29, 2020 Ewan Lury 0

Sam Morrow’s fourth record, ‘Gettin’ By on Gettin’ Down’, is hiss most guitar and groove-driven album to date. Wanting to create an album that is rooted in grease, grit, and groove, Morrow focused on making his […]

Video Premiere: Ben Eisenberger “Don’t Change Your Mind”

October 29, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We are delighted to share the video premiere of ‘Don’t change Your Mind’ from multi-instrumentalist Ben Eisenberger. The Omaha singer-songwriter trained in classical guitar at the University of Nebraska and he is known for sparse and […]

Loudon Wainwright III “I’d Rather Lead A Band” (Thirty Tigers, 2020)

October 29, 2020 Russell Murphy 0

There can’t be many albums reviewed on these pages that have name-checked Irving Berlin, Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong, so this may well be a first. ‘I’d Rather Lead a Band’, the latest offering from six-stringed […]

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

August 10, 2026 0

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”

August 10, 2026 0

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

August 10, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

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 […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0

Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]

Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0

American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]

Album Reviews

The Weeping Willows “You Reap What You Sow”

March 3, 2022 0

With “You Reap What You Sow”, Australian duo The Weeping Willows notch another extra point for Gothic Americana. If ‘You Reap What You Sow,’ the latest (third) album by Melbourne’s duo The Weeping Willows, sounds like […]

Tracks

Emilie Kahn “Island” – Listen

January 14, 2019 0

Of course we are all about the alt-country and the twang, but, as regular readers will have noticed we also have great admiration for the folk-inspired and the off-mainstream rock. And harps. Both types. Joanna Newsom, […]

News

Mary Gauthier announces UK and Ireland dates for 2024

November 15, 2023 0

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and accomplished author, Mary Gauthier has announced a series of UK and Ireland dates for April and May 2024. In these unique, career retrospective shows, Gauthier will perform a selection of audience favourites from […]

Month: October 2020

Video: Evelyn Cools “Misfit Paradise”

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Emily Dongray

Sam Morrow “Gettin’ By on Gettin’ Down'” (Forty Below Records, 2020)

Video Premiere: Ben Eisenberger “Don’t Change Your Mind”

Loudon Wainwright III “I’d Rather Lead A Band” (Thirty Tigers, 2020)

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

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

Kacy Lee Anderson to release debut solo album

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”