August 2024 – Page 8 – Americana UK

Classic Clips: Danny Schmidt “Engagement Song” – GreenHouse Concert SXSW Showcase 2013

August 23, 2024 FredArnold 0

From the pen of one of the most compelling songwriters of modern times, this is the song that Danny Schmidt serenaded to his then-to-be wife, Carrie Elkin, as a marriage proposal. Known on the video clip […]

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August 23, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Some words of advice about submitting music to AUK, or indeed anywhere else… As you can imagine the AUK virtual postbag is always overflowing with emails from artists keen for us to review their new album […]

Kyle Daniel “Kentucky Gold”

August 23, 2024 Andrew Raw 0

Enjoyable and varied southern rock with good, memorable melodies. The first track on this, Kyle Daniel’s debut album, is the hard rock, “hard man” song ‘Can’t Hold Me Back’ with him stating “I’m back, I’m bullet-proof, […]

Native Harrow “I Wanna Thank You” – no, no, thank you!

August 23, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

And we know what you’re thinking, dear loyal reader, “he’s run out of big names, what a shame”. Well, without getting all More People Should Know About… with you all, but for whatever value this opinion […]

Video: Grace Petrie “Fixer Upper”

August 23, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Grace Petrie delivers deft wordplay in the Frank Turner produced ‘Fixer Upper’. The video is simply shot with the singer delivering the biting yet hopeful lyrics in a large room performing solo. The single is from […]

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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 […]

Interviews

Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0

Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0

Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]

Interviews

Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0

David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

Album Reviews

Flo Perlin “Clay”

July 10, 2024 0

Superb blend of jazz, folk and contemporary singer-songwriter genres reflecting Iraqi and Belarusian heritage from Londoner Perlin. Our review of Flo Perlin’s previous release ‘Characters’ heralded “the arrival of a major talent”, and her new album ‘Clay’, […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Annie Bacon & her Oshen “Walk a Little Farther”

June 3, 2024 0

‘Walk a Little Farther’ is the latest single from Annie Bacon, a song that is finely crafted and full of atmosphere. Bacon’s vocal performance is particularly effective; her weariness and hurt are evident in her voice […]

Album Reviews

The Hinterland Band “Indiana In Stereo Sound”

May 19, 2022 0

Roots at the crossroads of americana. The dictionary definition of “hinterland” refers to an area lying inland from a coast or far from an urban area. Defined in that strictly geographical sense this band formed by […]

Month: August 2024

Classic Clips: Danny Schmidt “Engagement Song” – GreenHouse Concert SXSW Showcase 2013

Help us give your music the best review

Kyle Daniel “Kentucky Gold”

Native Harrow “I Wanna Thank You” – no, no, thank you!

Video: Grace Petrie “Fixer Upper”

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”