2023 – Page 90 – Americana UK

Bluegrass Briefs –The Cleverlys, Nora Brown, Andy Lowe, East Nash Grass, Buster Sledge, Jim Lauderdale

October 2, 2023 Tim Martin 0

The best Americana albums are often a blend of a variety of roots music styles, and sometimes draw in influences from well beyond our little corner of the musical forest. And Bluegrass as we’ve seen in […]

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “Ripple”

October 2, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

It is sometimes wrongly assumed that the Grateful Dead’s studio records were mere templates for the live versions of the songs, and while this is certainly true for certain songs, this doesn’t mean they couldn’t capture […]

View from Across La Manche #18 – From Our Own Correspondent

October 2, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Size isn’t everything… One of the things you have to get to grips with when you come to France is how much more space there is and what that means in everyday life. France has roughly […]

Artwork for Restos album "Ain't Dead Yet"

Restos “Ain’t Dead Yet”

October 2, 2023 Peter Thompson 0

Solid country rock with memorable melodies and tight harmonies. Restos is a band born from the ashes of well established Texan outfit, Western Youth. All five members of Restos were members of (six-piece) Western Youth. The […]

Preview: Fairport Convention announce Autumn 2023 UK Tour, celebrating 56 years of British folk rock

October 2, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

We do tend to view some bands as Americana alumni royalty here in AUK Towers, so it’s a delight to announce that following their return to the fields of Oxfordshire for their Cropredy Convention in August, […]