October 2020 – Page 37

St. Ove “County Show” (Half A Cow, 2020)

October 2, 2020 Guy Lincoln 1

When is a band not a band? We might all agree that Bon Iver, Palace Music, Smog, Car Seat Headrest and the like are/were really just individuals masquerading as bands. Sure they might have a musical […]

Listen to an unreleased track from Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers”

October 2, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

You’ll have seen previously that Tom Petty’s ‘Wildflowers & All the Rest’ collection will be out soon, but before that the singer’s estate has shared one of the five previously unreleased tracks from the ‘All the […]

Malin Pettersen “Wildhorse Dream” – Listen

October 2, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Having had some success in Norway in the band Lucky Lips and as a solo artist, Malin Pettersen has upped the stakes by recording her latest album ‘Wildhorse‘ in Nashville, with a pick of backing musicians. […]

Video Premiere: Dean Owens “A Song for the Dark Times”

October 2, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Two weeks before the lockdown, Ian Rankin, famous crime novelist, was performing at Cash Back In Fife, the festival organised by award-winning singer-songwriter Dean Owens. The pair got chatting about Rankin’s new Inspector Rebus novel, ‘A […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Keith Hargreaves

October 1, 2020 Clint West 1

Welcome once again to the latest selections in AUK’s ongoing search for the ‘top 10 americana albums ever’. You know the format by now: each week a different AUK writer chooses their own personal top 10. […]

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: October 2020

St. Ove “County Show” (Half A Cow, 2020)

Listen to an unreleased track from Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers”

Malin Pettersen “Wildhorse Dream” – Listen

Video Premiere: Dean Owens “A Song for the Dark Times”

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Keith Hargreaves

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”