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 […]

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 1

Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]

Brian Fallon & The Painkillers “Not Bad for New Jersey”

September 29, 2026 0

Heartfelt heartland rock delivered by Gaslight Anthem frontman. Brian Fallon has been making music with The Gaslight Anthem for two decades. Outside of the band, over the past 10 years, he’s released a number of solo […]

His Lordship announce new album, single, and all-star shows

September 29, 2026 0

Following last year’s Bored Animal, Psychonaut Sounds/PIAS will release His Lordship’s tribute to Rock ‘n’ Roll pioneer Chuck Berry, Promised Land, on 13th November 2026, to celebrate what would’ve been his 100th birthday. His Lordship will […]

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