October 2020 – Page 33

Andrew Bird Christmas album covers John Prine, Handsomes and more

October 6, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Andrew Bird has just announced the release of ‘Hark!’, a brand new Christmas album out October 30th on Loma Vista Recordings. Building upon last year’s EP of the same name, the thirteen-song set delivers freshly recorded […]

Tom Blackwell “Memphis Volume V” (Spoonful, 2020)

October 6, 2020 Peter Churchill 0

Tom Blackwell is his own man. A roaming, itinerant past has brought him to his Liverpool base via a number of stopovers, the most important and relevant of which would be Nashville. But, being that he […]

‘The Twang Factor’ presents: Dan Friese

October 6, 2020 Clint West 0

Welcome to the second of our new ‘The Twang Factor’ series in which AUK aims to provide a showcase for some of the best new and emerging artists around. Each week we will bring you a […]

Ferris & Sylvester “I Should be on a Train” (LAB Records, 2020)

October 6, 2020 Emily Dongray 0

Ferris & Sylvester have managed to be around on the folk scene around for years while not having a single album to their name. With twelveish singles and now two EPs, appetite for their particular brand […]

Gillian Welch “Picasso” – Listen

October 6, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1

‘Picasso’ is making Gillian Welch blue – so she suggests that he just pack his things and go, ‘cos everything looks wrong in his pictures. It’s another release from the Gillian Welch archive – one of […]

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”

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

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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: October 2020