September 2022 – Americana UK

Something for the weekend: 16 Tambourines “Sweet Libra”

September 30, 2022 Mark Whitfield 1

That’s it from us for another week dearest of readers and we leave you with new track ‘Sweet Libra’, the first studio recording from Liverpool’s 16 Tambourines in 32 years (who incidentally sound nothing like 16 […]

The Welcome Wagon “Isaiah, California” – join us, or not, as you please

September 30, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

The Welcome Wagon are Brooklyn indie folk duo Vito Aiuto and Monique Aiuto, who are set to release their fourth album ‘Esther’ on November 4th via Asthmatic Kitty Records. It see’s The Welcome Wagon return to their original label, […]

Paperback Riders: David N Meyer “Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music”

September 30, 2022 Tim Martin 0

A quick look around Good Reads finds twelve biographies that are either directly about Parsons, or about the bands he was part of. So, if we are picking one source to learn about Gram Parsons why […]

Classic Clips: Catherine MacLellan “Sparrows” – Austin, Texas, March 18th 2010

September 30, 2022 Alasdair Fotheringham 3

Given Classic Clips has recently featured very-big-to-biggish-name artists like The Rolling Stones, Crosby and Nash and Mumford & Sons, it might be a surprise that next up is a performance of what was at the time […]

Beth Nielsen Chapman “Crazy Town”

September 30, 2022 David Jarman 1

Beth Nielsen Chapman and her crack Nashville band deliver a strong contender for Americana album of the year. Beth Nielsen Chapman needs no introduction to admirers of fine songwriting–with 14 previous studio albums to her name, […]

Nanci Griffith at Cambridge Folk Festival - 29th July 2007

Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002

October 9, 2026 0

In the long and storied career of the late, great Nanci Griffith, a musical legacy has been left behind that will, in years to come, surely stand the test of time just as much as it […]

Freddy Trujillo “Ave Trujillo”

October 9, 2026 0

The Delines’ bass player watches his fifth solo album fledge and take flight. Freddy Trujillo is, of course, the bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, but he has his own solo career that sees this, […]

Live Review: Martin Simpson, Kings Place, London – 25th September 2026

October 9, 2026 0

It’s getting into that busy, post-festival part of the year with an impossible number of gigs coming up through the Autumn. It could have been Grace Petrie at Union Chapel, or Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne at the Ivy […]

Month: September 2022

Something for the weekend: 16 Tambourines “Sweet Libra”

The Welcome Wagon “Isaiah, California” – join us, or not, as you please

Paperback Riders: David N Meyer “Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music”

Classic Clips: Catherine MacLellan “Sparrows” – Austin, Texas, March 18th 2010

Beth Nielsen Chapman “Crazy Town”

Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith “The Flyer” – Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, 2002

Freddy Trujillo “Ave Trujillo”

Live Review: Martin Simpson, Kings Place, London – 25th September 2026

Teenage Fanclub “Do Not Dare To Dream”

Lastest AUK Podcast now available featuring Teenage Fanclub on the day of their new album release