August 2022 – Americana UK

Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountineers “Fling Ding” – it’s a fast fling

August 31, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, it’s been a mighty long time since the midweek afternoon joy of the relax and de-stress instrumental zone. Maybe the driving single, ‘Fling Ding,’ which comes from Larry Effaw’s latest album, ‘The Old Home’ is not […]

Classic Americana Albums: Neil Young “Comes a Time”

August 31, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

There are twenty-six pages of ‘Classic Americana Albums’ you can view on the AUK website, and the section has been running for many years, and yet somehow, this is the first mention of Neil Young. His […]

Jim Lauderdale “Game Changer”

August 31, 2022 Rhys Kelly 0

Consummate Classic Country. Jim Lauderdale has achieved a particular type of musical success: a long career, a significant and critically lauded body of work, a long list of ‘name’ collaborators, songs being covered by other artists […]

Book Review: Max Wareham “Rudy Lyle: The Unsung Hero of the Five-String Banjo”

August 31, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Max Wareham is well placed to write a book on the five-string banjo- he plays the instrument in the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band and has had a long career as a music tutor and himself studied […]

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer “All New”

August 31, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

These three veteran Grammy winners look set to win another one with this excellent collection of bluegrass and good old fashioned folk songs. Tom Paxton, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, surely needs no introduction here […]