August 2022 – Page 8 – Americana UK

The Song Remains: Jerry Allison 1939 – 2022

August 24, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

The drummer and songwriter who helped provide the soundtrack to countless lives. It was announced on The Buddy Holly Facebook page that Cricket drummer and songwriter Jerry Allison had died on Monday 22nd August at the […]

Mean Mary & the Contrarys “Hell & Heroes Vol. I”

August 24, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0

Dark tales to virtuoso gothic banjo. Mean Mary James is nothing if not prolific. If you think you’ve just read a review of her latest release, you have: that was ‘Portrait of a Woman’. Barely a […]

Track Premiere: Velcro Dog “Head over High-Tops”

August 24, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Velcro Dog is the solo project of Norwegian musician and songwriter Tony Gonzalez, on which his forceful vocal is accompanied by a stripped-down musicality against which the stark lyrics he conjures up become the central focus. […]

Video Premiere: Nora Kelly Band “Right Now”

August 24, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the video premiere of ‘Right Now’ from Nora Kelly Band. The nostalgia-steeped video features footage of the Montreal-based quartet performing, interspersed with images of them hanging out together on blissful late summer days. The visual […]

From the AUK Archives: Whitney Rose “South Texas Suite” (Six Shooter Records, 2017)

August 23, 2022 Clint West 1

Welcome to ‘From the AUK Archives’ where each week we will be lighting the old oil lamp and gingerly decending the crumbling old staircase into the dark, dusty and cobwebbed basement of AUK Towers in order […]

Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”

July 24, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Alberta’s Starpainter who this week have officially confirmed their new album, Cayenne Flowerbed, which will be out […]

Artwork for Jenny Reynolds album "Willow and Stone"

Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

July 24, 2026 0

Songs on surviving life from an accomplished singer-songwriter, with hints of jazz amongst the folk rock accompaniment. Jenny Reynolds is a singer-songwriter, initially from Boston but now firmly a part of the Texas scene for the […]

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0

End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

Month: August 2022

The Song Remains: Jerry Allison 1939 – 2022

Mean Mary & the Contrarys “Hell & Heroes Vol. I”

Track Premiere: Velcro Dog “Head over High-Tops”

Video Premiere: Nora Kelly Band “Right Now”

From the AUK Archives: Whitney Rose “South Texas Suite” (Six Shooter Records, 2017)

Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”

Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

Classic Clips: Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” at CMA Awards, 2022

Teenage Fanclub don’t dare to dream on new album and tour this autumn