January 2022 – Page 8

Video: Widowspeak “Everything is Simple”

January 25, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1

The moody new single from Widowspeak explores how perspectives change over time as situations and relationships evolve. Singer-songwriter Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earl Thomas deliver a truly atmospheric song, held together by strong percussion and […]

The View from Across La Manche – From our own correspondent

January 24, 2022 Rick Bayles 6

A new column that looks at life, and the search for Americana music, on the other side of the Channel. On the 9th December 2020, my wife and I put a couple of suitcases, and our […]

Best Western “Best Western EP”

January 24, 2022 Sean Hannam 0

Melbourne alt-country act evoke Mazzy Star and The Delines on their impressive debut – melancholy and dreamy nocturnal ballads. As well as being the name of a hotel chain, Best Western is the moniker for a […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Birds Of Chicago “Love In Wartime”

January 24, 2022 Alan Fitter 1

In the last article in the Chain Gang series, Andrew Frolish mused on Sufjan Stevens’ ‘John Wayne Gorcy Jr’ from Stevens’ 2005 album ‘Illinois’ and that got me thinking, not about other songs about serial killers […]

Artwork for Jake Xerxes Fussell's, album, "Good and Green Again"

Jake Xerxes Fussell “Good and Green Again”

January 24, 2022 Richard Phillips 0

Folk Ballads with Telecaster and French Horn. Listeners to Fussell’s weekly show, co-presented with Jefferson Currie II, on Fall Line Radio will be used to an eclectic selection of music biased towards songs of the American […]

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

August 7, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. If you’re an AUK supporter your new playlist will be with you at 5pm. We leave you dear reader with a new song from Nate Amos aka This […]

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0

At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

August 7, 2026 0

A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]

Month: January 2022

Video: Widowspeak “Everything is Simple”

The View from Across La Manche – From our own correspondent

Best Western “Best Western EP”

AUK’s Chain Gang: Birds Of Chicago “Love In Wartime”

Jake Xerxes Fussell “Good and Green Again”

Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

The Wild High “Listen to The Wild High”