2023 – Page 208 – Americana UK

Video Premiere: Mickelson “Jump Off the Earth”

June 19, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the absorbing, new single from San Francisco songwriter Mickelson. Multi-instrumentalist Scott Mickelson delivers energetic banjo, guitar and bass, ably supported by Jon Buckett on keys and Lee Moulding on drums. Propelled by an urgent […]

Something for the weekend: Southbound Attic Band @Folk On The Farm 2015

June 16, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it for another week from us dear reader – AUK is down at Black Deer so if you are down there and see one of us (not me sadly!) with a press pass on […]

Margo Cilker “Lowland Trail” – Cut ’em out, ride ’em in

June 16, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Valley Of Heart’s Delight’ is the new album from which the single ‘Lowland Trail‘ is taken. It’s a richly warm and fundamentally optimistic folk song which uses a cattle drive as a metaphor for finding a […]

Classic Clips: Richard Thompson & Nanci Griffith “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” – Sessions at West 54th 1997

June 16, 2023 Tim Martin 0

Richard Thompson’s music has been high on my playlist recently, after re-reading Joe Boyd’s memoir of the 60s for our Paperback Riders strand. Originally recorded for his album ‘Rumor and Sigh’. In the early 90s, ‘1952 […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 100

June 16, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 8

Embrace the change – a weekend listen. So here it is, as retirement from full-time teaching approaches as change to the format for this column. As a good friend pointed out ‘ Hang on, now instead […]