June 2021 – Page 22 – Americana UK

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Misophone “And So Sinks the Sun on a Burning Sea”

June 14, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

No matter how (un) crowded the market for throwback lo-fi surreal ‘folk’ music, Misophone shine in a league of their own. If ‘And So Sinks The Sun on a Burning Sea’ were a film and not […]

Art Vandalay “Never See You Again” – Listen

June 14, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1

Who is Art Vandalay? The name sounds familiar – perhaps you’re thinking of the guy who does imports. Only imports? Ok, Art Vandalay is an Importer-Exporter, he works a few floors up in the building. That’s […]

Video: Foy Vance “Sapling”

June 14, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Simply beautiful. Foy Vance’s ‘Sapling’ is all about his wonderfully characterful voice and the gorgeous melody it enfolds. There is such an emotional power in the lyrics and the delivery, reinforcing the themes of rebirth, renewal […]

Something for the weekend: Peter Bruntnell “You’d Make a Great Widow”

June 11, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it for another week dear reader. The track we leave you with this week we’ve technically run on the site before, in Keith Hargreaves’ Shed column a couple of weeks back. First time I saw […]

Interview: Jesse Aycock on Tulsa, Neal Casal and his own eponymous third album

June 11, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

Playing in Leon Russell’s Church and Paradise studios and when a mellotron is not a mellotron. Tulsa has a long history as a music city that goes back to at least the early days of the […]

Sonny Rollins
Jazz titan Sonny Rollins has gone at the age of 95. Cle...
By Martin Johnson , 17 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
By Ian C Rothery , 1 week ago
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
By fredhead , 2 weeks ago
RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 3 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 3 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 3 weeks ago

Video: Alela Diane “Dusty Roses” (Attic Live Session)

May 27, 2026 0

Dusty Roses is the latest single from Portland-based folk artist Alela Diane. The artfully-shot video was recorded in the attic of Diane’s Victorian home, built in 1892, and features co-producer Sam Weber (Madison Cunningham, Anna Tivel) […]

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3

Chicago-born and LA-based singer-songwriter Truman Sinclair will be a new name to many AUK readers, although the more observant of you will have noticed his song Joel Roberts topped my top tracks of 2025 list published […]

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

May 26, 2026 0

A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]

Interviews

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

May 26, 2026 3

Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2

Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

Tracks

Track Premiere: Brim “Oleander”

May 6, 2022 0

Singer and songwriter Daniel Rice and bandmate Hayden Doyel originally formed Brim as a rootsy side project to their psychedelic hard-rock band Slow Season, now known as Westing. Shortly afterwards, Daniel’s wife ReNelle Rice joined the fold, playing keys and enabling the three […]

News

Lucky Strikes Frontman M G Boulter Announces UK Dates

September 27, 2016 0

Lucky Strikes frontman M G Boulter has announced a UK tour for the Autumn. Boulter, who has also served with Simone Felice and The Duke & The King, released his second solo album With Wolves The […]

Videos

Video: Lucy Rose “Treat Me Like A Woman”

March 21, 2019 0

Lucy Rose’s new album ‘No Words Left’ is released tomorrow and this powerful and anguished song taken from it is superb. She’s doing some in-stores this week and touring in April too.

Month: June 2021

Misophone “And So Sinks the Sun on a Burning Sea”

Art Vandalay “Never See You Again” – Listen

Video: Foy Vance “Sapling”

Something for the weekend: Peter Bruntnell “You’d Make a Great Widow”

Interview: Jesse Aycock on Tulsa, Neal Casal and his own eponymous third album

Video: Alela Diane “Dusty Roses” (Attic Live Session)

Interview: Truman Sinclair – “it’s hope or die pretty much”

Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”