August 2024 – Page 21

Live Review: Cambridge Folk Festival, 25th-28th July 2024

August 12, 2024 Mark Howson 3

While all AUK content is free to access, subscribers who donate a small amount each month to support the site are sent a Spotify/Apple Music playlist each month featuring the best songs from albums we’ve reviewed […]

artwork for Gene Clark album "Back Street Mirror Revisited"

Re-release Review: Gene Clark “Back Street Mirror: Revisited”

August 12, 2024 Graeme Tait 2

New version of 2018’s EP release sees the addition of five tracks that previously appeared as part of 2016’s limited edition “The Lost Studio Sessions, 1964 – 1982”. Gene Clark’s status within, not just Americana music […]

Video Premiere: Sparxsea “Daylight”

August 12, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Enjoy the latest single from Portland-based songwriter Sparxsea. ‘Daylight’ features urgent drums and rolling rhythms, jangling guitars and a flowing, fluent vocal melody. This is an anthem for showing love and encouragement for those around us, believing […]

Something for the weekend: Michael Weston King “The Hardest Thing of All”

August 9, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week dear reader and we leave you with this, posted without comment, other than to say Michael you have the love and support of the entire Americana UK community. Take […]

Jenny Don’t and the Spurs “Broken Hearted Blue”

August 9, 2024 Helen Jones 0

A confident album from a band who know exactly who they are and showcase it with aplomb. When Jenny Connors was younger, she was given the moniker Jenny Don’t due to her “strong-willed and independent nature”, […]