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 […]

Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”

September 22, 2026 0

Warm, wistful country-leaning songs find their strength in memory, reflection and some lovely understated musical touches. There is something appropriately old-fashioned about Just Like a Black and White Film, the sixth studio album from Dave Sutherland. […]

Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates

September 22, 2026 0

Polaris-nominated Acadian songwriter Lisa LeBlanc has announced her new album, Patchwork, which will come out on 29th January 2027 via Bonsound, and has released the lead single, A Fleeting Thought Becomes Another Fleeting Thought, with a […]

Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”

September 22, 2026 0

Virginian alt-country band transitions into indie rock on their fourth full-length outing. Dogwood Tales celebrate ten years as a band with the release of their 4th full length album, entitled Every Star in Rockingham County, and […]

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)

Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”

Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates

Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”

Track Premiere: Gary Marks “Where We Started”

Video: Prinz Grizzley “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling)” – There’s a devil in me waiting