May 2023 – Page 2 – Americana UK

Paperback Riders – Joe Boyd “White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s”

May 31, 2023 Tim Martin 2

We’ve read several books that show America looking at itself, so what about an American who spent a lot of time involved with the music scene on the right-hand side of the pond? In the last […]

Bob Martin “Seabrook”

May 31, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 2

“He could have been bigger than Dylan”. Among the 1970s singer/songwriters we have lost over the past year or so there is a name that passed with scarcely a mention outside his own circle of friends. […]

Dom Flemons “Traveling Wildfire”

May 31, 2023 Jonathan Smith 0

Subtle variations on solo album from Carolina Chocolate Drops co-founder. Having recorded four albums with Grammy award-winning trio The Carolina Chocolate Drops, ‘Traveling Wildfire’ is the fifth solo effort by Dom Flemons. His much-lauded role as […]

Golden Oak “Geese” – Our pastoral perfection, imagined

May 31, 2023 Jonathan Aird 2

Golden Oak is an indie/folk band based out of Portland, Maine, and fronted by siblings Zak and Lena Kendall, with up-right bassist Mike Knowles and Drummer Jackson Cromwell completing the line-up. On ‘Geese‘ they contemplate the […]

Lucinda Williams “Where The Song Will Find Me” – Waiting for the muse to turn up

May 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Lucinda Williams is a legend, and never more so than in her resilient majesty on recent tours and here with a song from the new album ‘Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart’ (out June 30th via […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 0

It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]

Artwork for Lisa Bouchelle album "Vandals Thieves and Lovers"

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

September 23, 2026 0

Classy vocals from Lisa Bouchelle are front and centre of a fine country soul collection, featuring Amanda Shires, with some unexpected twists. It’s always a pleasure as a reviewer to discover a new top vocalist – […]

Album art for Mac Cornish album "Wayfaring Woman"

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

September 23, 2026 0

Californian singer reminds you of the days when country music was country music, and that’s no bad thing. Mac Cornish grew up on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains in northern California, where she […]

Month: May 2023

Paperback Riders – Joe Boyd “White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s”

Bob Martin “Seabrook”

Dom Flemons “Traveling Wildfire”

Golden Oak “Geese” – Our pastoral perfection, imagined

Lucinda Williams “Where The Song Will Find Me” – Waiting for the muse to turn up

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

Sarah McQuaid takes to the road again in the UK in November

Levi Foster “Appalachian Funk Tree”