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Seth Swirsky “Sunny Day” – enjoying the melodic sunshine

March 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Seth Swirsky makes no bones about his inspirations on ‘Sunny Day‘, this upbeat power-pop song has unmistakable Beatlesque touches in the fuzzed up guitar breaks. Amongst all the imagery of the song there is, Swirsky avers, […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 47

March 1, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

First world problems revealed to be meaningless. Half term has been and gone and the frustrations encountered have been put into perspective by the cataclysmic events of the last couple of days. I was going to […]

VanWyck “The Epic Tale of the Stranded Man”

March 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Concept album sees VanWyck further perfect her storytelling The latest release from Amsterdam based singer Christine Oele under her VanWyck alias takes the form of a concept album which stitches the dozen songs together to make […]

Track Premiere: Elena Loper “Blue Canyon”

March 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Americana UK is happy to be able to premiere ‘Blue Canyon’ the first single from Elena Loper’s new album ‘Weathervane Whale’ which will be out on May 6th. It features gently finger picked guitar ands a […]

Video Premiere: Foy Vance “Sapling” (Live from St Pancras Old Church)

March 1, 2022 Andrew Frolish 2

We are delighted to premiere this live video of ‘Sapling’, which was recorded at St Pancras Old Church at the launch show for Foy Vance’s recent album ‘Signs of Life’. The acoustics in the church are […]

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0

Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]

Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0

The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]

Year: 2022

Seth Swirsky “Sunny Day” – enjoying the melodic sunshine

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 47

VanWyck “The Epic Tale of the Stranded Man”

Track Premiere: Elena Loper “Blue Canyon”

Video Premiere: Foy Vance “Sapling” (Live from St Pancras Old Church)

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring author and journalist Liz Thomson