November 2023 – Americana UK

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Darren Lumbroso

November 30, 2023 Darren Lumbroso 1

The power of live music never fails to appeal, as well as move me. This list has been heavily influenced by artists I’ve seen perform live. It may have only been once, it may have been […]

Tommy and the Ohs “Box Truck Boogie”

November 30, 2023 FredArnold 0

Tommy and Ohs move on from the psychedelic trimmings of their last album to land right in Americana territory. After a rather scintillating retro-sounding release, ‘Mariposa Gold’, in 2022, Tommy and the Ohs have veered away […]

Classic Americana Albums: Bob Dylan “Oh Mercy”

November 30, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 3

In 1989 Bob Dylan appeared to be a busted flush, the God bothering had faded and the glory decades were long gone but with Daniel Lanois at the helm ‘Oh Mercy’ smashed any preconceptions of creative […]

AUK Shortcuts November 2023: David Deacon, Joe Martin, Rite Flyers, Licking The Moose, Dusty Stray, The Heart Collectors, Jonny Morgan, Jordan Nix, Little Jane & The Pistol Whips The Dig 3 and The Liam Ward Band.

November 30, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites […]

Live Review: My Darling Clementine, The Stoller Hall, Manchester – 23rd November 2023

November 30, 2023 NickBarber 0

The Stoller Hall isn’t the sort of venue where you’d normally expect to see the likes of My Darling Clementine. Part of the famed Chetham’s Music School, it’s a custom-built room that’s spare and somewhat brutal […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

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No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

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Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]

Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”

July 13, 2026 0

Mary Gauthier has announced the release of her latest album, Reckoning, via Soundly/Thirty Tigers on 25th September 2026. The new record is described as exuding an urgency during turbulent times, while offering inspiration and hope. Each […]

Month: November 2023

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Darren Lumbroso

Tommy and the Ohs “Box Truck Boogie”

Classic Americana Albums: Bob Dylan “Oh Mercy”

AUK Shortcuts November 2023: David Deacon, Joe Martin, Rite Flyers, Licking The Moose, Dusty Stray, The Heart Collectors, Jonny Morgan, Jordan Nix, Little Jane & The Pistol Whips The Dig 3 and The Liam Ward Band.

Live Review: My Darling Clementine, The Stoller Hall, Manchester – 23rd November 2023

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 244 “There by the grace…”

Kaatwalk “Open Your Eyes” – can you really not see what’s before you?