February 2021 – Page 26

Jeremy Porter and the Tucos “Candy Coated Cannonball”

February 2, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0

Power pop for teenagers played, really well, by their dads. Opening with a rock and roll riff, and a Farfisa organ, ‘Put You On Hold’ is a solid slab of early sixties garage rock. However, it […]

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Mickey Raphael, Harmonica player

February 2, 2021 Rick Bayles 1

Our Unsung Heroes of Americana series is all about championing the people, places and things that help to bring this great music to the listening public without ever really coming into the spotlight themselves. In this […]

Artwork for karen mathesons album Still Time

Karen Matheson “Still Time”

February 2, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

A smooth-voiced Celtic offering amid the ghost of Robert Burns Karen Matheson is well known as the long term voice of Capercaillie though she has also produced 4 solo albums and now 5 with her most […]

Margo Price covers John Prine with Swamp Dogg – Listen

February 2, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Margo Price and Swamp Dogg have both been covering John Prine’s songs for many years now, and combining their shared passion the duo teamed up for a socially distanced recording of ‘Sam Stone’, Prine’s 1970 standard […]

Jason Ringenberg “The Freedom Rides Weren’t Free” – Listen

February 2, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1

Jason Ringenberg has a new album – do we need to remind anyone of Jason and the Scorchers? Surely we do not. So we say again – Jason Ringenberg has a new album heading this way […]

Vox Continental: September 2026

September 24, 2026 0

With the long, hot summer finally fading, it seems like a lot of European artists are keen to get out on tour. Oakland Rain are a Norwegian folk and Americana duo, made up of twin sisters, […]

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

September 24, 2026 0

Family Stereo, most recently seen out supporting the Felice Brothers, is the project of Blake Watt, and Remedy is the opening song on his latest album The Thread, which has been released via Bella Union. It’s […]

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”

September 24, 2026 0

Here is the latest single from Italian singer-songwriter, one-woman band, and writer Elli de Mon. Timeless and cinematic, Strange Fruit is deeply haunting and beautifully unsettling. The focus is entirely on de Mon’s impressive, resonant voice, […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Arwen Lewis “Winter”

March 15, 2023 0

It’s worth Winter hanging on a little longer if it is going to gift us songs like this new release from Arwen Lewis. It’s a slow and moody ballad of wanting enforced closeness, the kind that […]

Videos

Video: Father John Misty “Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution”

August 9, 2017 0

The stop motion video here is just amazing, and the Father’s song is superb, a picture of a future after environmental disaster and it’s not pretty.

Videos

Video: Ruston Kelly “Radio Cloud”

July 15, 2020 0

‘Radio Cloud’, the new single from Ruston Kelly, certainly has a catchy, radio-friendly melody and chorus. It’s taken from the new album, ‘Shape & Destroy’, due out on 28th August. Kelly says: “‘Radio Cloud’ is about […]

Month: February 2021

Jeremy Porter and the Tucos “Candy Coated Cannonball”

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Mickey Raphael, Harmonica player

Karen Matheson “Still Time”

Margo Price covers John Prine with Swamp Dogg – Listen

Jason Ringenberg “The Freedom Rides Weren’t Free” – Listen

Vox Continental: September 2026

Family Stereo “Remedy” – heartbreak beckons

Video Premiere: Elli de Mon “Strange Fruit”

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”