March 2023 – Page 4 – Americana UK

Mike Stinson and Johnny Irion “Working My Way Down”

March 30, 2023 David Jarman 0

Classic southern barroom rock with hints of Big Star from reunited duo revisiting songs from 25 years back. Recorded in May 2021, but featuring songs written 25 years before, ‘Working My Way Down’ delivers a fine […]

Starpainter “Low-Hanging Fruit” – so much choice, is there any choice?

March 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Last time we featured Starpainter – back in 2020 – we noted that the band were a little reticent about giving away too many details about who they were, where they come from. They were, it […]

Video: John Carter Cash “Garden of Stone”

March 30, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

This is a truly special song from John Carter Cash. ‘Garden of Stone’ is beautifully lyrical and captures perfectly the deeply reflective themes of time passing, of endings and legacy and what lives on after we […]

Turnpike Troubadours "Diamonds & Gasoline"

Classic Americana Albums: Turnpike Troubadours “Diamonds and Gasoline”

March 29, 2023 Andy Davidson 4

There’s a growing expectation that the Turnpike Troubadours are going to release a new album soon. It has certainly been a while since ‘A Long Way From Your Heart’ in 2017. Long before the band’s reboot, […]

Max Allard “Day 5” – Instrumental adventures

March 29, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Today’s contribution to the “when we can it’s the Wednesday instrumental track” section comes from a musician of whom Béla Fleck has said “A new mature and poetic voice on the 5 string banjo. Beautiful compositions and […]

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 […]

Month: March 2023

Mike Stinson and Johnny Irion “Working My Way Down”

Starpainter “Low-Hanging Fruit” – so much choice, is there any choice?

Video: John Carter Cash “Garden of Stone”

Classic Americana Albums: Turnpike Troubadours “Diamonds and Gasoline”

Max Allard “Day 5” – Instrumental adventures

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