August 2024 – Page 23

Video Premiere: The Coo “Honey I Do”

August 9, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

We’re delighted to share the premiere of a live performance of ‘Honey I Do’, the latest single from Americana/folk duo The Coo. The song begins delicately, with just Jara Holdert’s acoustic notes and beautifully pure voice, […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Patty Griffin Songs

August 8, 2024 FredArnold 4

Ah! She who can get to the parts of a person’s psyche that other singers can’t reach! Patty Griffin can sing anything – she can do folk and blues and gospel and she sure can rock […]

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Interview: Grace Pettis has crafted her music “Down to the Letter”

August 8, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

This Alabama-raised working woman is on a mission to create meaningful music. Grace Pettis’ new album is “Down to the Letter,” released in June 2024 on MPress Records (CD, vinyl and digital). It has been three […]

Award winning Americana DJ Mike Ritchie celebrates 10 years on the air

August 8, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1

As many will be aware, Celtic Music Radio presenter, Mike Ritchie, celebrated ten years of broadcasting on the Glasgow-based community station on Sunday 4th August 2024. Ritchie, who is a two-time winner of the AUK Readers’ […]

Ring that Olympic bell! Peter Bruntnell’s back with new album and tour

August 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Peter Bruntnell has announced the release of his fourteenth or fifteenth (count them!) album – “Houdini and the Sucker Punch” comes out on October 4th on Domestico Records. It follows in the wake of 2021’s “Journey […]

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@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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@andyshort Yes, it makes a refreshing change from artis...
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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

May 11, 2026 0

The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

May 11, 2026 0

Nordic americana with a slightly heavier tinge. I’m Kingfisher is the alter ego of Swedish singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson. Give Up Together is his sixth album under that guise and comes three years after his last release, […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

May 11, 2026 0

Igloo Hearts are James and Katie MacGregor, a married folk-pop duo from North Wales. For our next AUK mini-gig, they kindly agreed to share some of their latest songs with our readers and viewers. Since appearing […]

Month: August 2024

Video Premiere: The Coo “Honey I Do”

Essentials: The Top Ten Patty Griffin Songs

Interview: Grace Pettis has crafted her music “Down to the Letter”

Award winning Americana DJ Mike Ritchie celebrates 10 years on the air

Ring that Olympic bell! Peter Bruntnell’s back with new album and tour

For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

Peter Case “At McCabe’s: My Life to Live”

The Krickets “If You Only Knew”