2021 – Page 356 – Americana UK

Interview: Langhorne Slim on tackling prescription medicine addiction and writer’s block

February 15, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

How writing a song a day can relieve writer’s block and deliver a career high record Nobody can argue that COVID has brought major change and challenges to the world but as with most things, nothing […]

A personal appreciation of Craig Pickering

February 15, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

I wrote an article for AUK in February 2020 regarding the Norths Staffs ‘Up in Arms’ venue – or Biddulph Folk Club as it once was. This was part of a series of articles about supporting […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Cowboy Junkies “Lost My Driving Wheel”

February 15, 2021 Diccon Johnston 0

Lilly Hiatt ‘Walking Proof’ was written late at night at the end of a tour. It reflects on the price that is paid by musicians due to the distance from friends and family as she reaches […]

Track Premiere: Davie Furey “Just Like The Wind”

February 15, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Just Like the Wind‘ is a new song by Ireland’s Davie Furey and is taken from his new album ‘Haunted Streets‘ which is out on the 19th of February. It follows on from his 2017 debut […]

Ned Roberts album cover art for From The Reels 2012-2020

Ned Roberts “From The Reels 2012-2020”

February 15, 2021 Peter Churchill 0

Intimate and sparse offering from talented singer-songwriter Ned Roberts has raided his own personal archive for his latest album. Frustrated, like a million artists before him, at having to omit songs from albums because they didn’t […]