September 2024 – Page 4

artwork for Nick Lowe album "Indoor Safari"

Nick Lowe “Indoor Safari”

September 27, 2024 Graeme Tait 2

First new album in over a decade delivers just two new songs, plus two covers, with the remaining tracks comprising of reimagined previous releases. Having all but abandoned the idea of releasing any more albums, due […]

Grayson Capps “Columbus Stockade Blues” – forget me then, false love

September 27, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Titling your newest album ‘Heartbreak, Misery & Death‘ is an ideal way to get the attention of those who are interested in listening to this music we call Americana – these three words representing a significant […]

Video Premiere: The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! “Why Did I Eat the Whole Bag of Mushrooms?”

September 27, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the new single from Jersey City’s Gary Van Miert, a self-styled Psychedelic Cowboy who performs under the moniker The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! ‘Why Did I Eat the Whole Bag of Mushrooms?’ is a psychedelic […]

Book Review: Steve Wynn “I Wouldn’t Say It If It Wasn’t True”

September 26, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1

This new book, the first from Steve Wynn, is subtitled “A memoir of Life, Music, and the Dream Syndicate,” and predominantly covers Steve Wynn’s early life and the first line-ups of the Dream Syndicate. It turns […]

As predicted here, The Dead Tongues announce UK and European tour dates

September 26, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Next week, the national lottery numbers. Earlier this year, The Dead Tongues (aka Ryan Gustafson) released a pair of albums, “Body Of Light” and “I Am A Cloud”. “Body of Light” was released mid-June 2024 while […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 0

It’s September already, and with it the first signs of Autumn’s “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, inviting us to bid a fond farewell to another year of outdoor festivals culminating in last weekend’s ‘Long Road’ at […]

Artwork for Lisa Bouchelle album "Vandals Thieves and Lovers"

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

September 23, 2026 0

Classy vocals from Lisa Bouchelle are front and centre of a fine country soul collection, featuring Amanda Shires, with some unexpected twists. It’s always a pleasure as a reviewer to discover a new top vocalist – […]

Album art for Mac Cornish album "Wayfaring Woman"

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

September 23, 2026 0

Californian singer reminds you of the days when country music was country music, and that’s no bad thing. Mac Cornish grew up on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains in northern California, where she […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

News

Sarah McQuaid announces UK dates for the autumn

August 16, 2023 0

Singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid has announced a 23-show autumn UK tour for November plus a high-profile hometown show later this month in West Cornwall, England, where she’s lived since 2007. World-renowned for its dramatic cliffside setting, Cornwall’s […]

Live Reviews

Josh Okeefe, Water Rats, London, 10th January 2019

January 18, 2019 0

The Water Rats was hosting the roving folk club that is Folk on Monday (yes, this was a Thursday). It’s a venue that is also particularly appropriate seeing as its former incarnation,’The Pindar of Wakefield,’ was […]

Album Reviews

Carson McHone “Carousel” (Loose, 2018)

October 22, 2018 0

There’s barely a month goes by without the release of an album described as genre-breaking, eclectic or alt-whatever, and Carson McHone’s offering is the latest in line. Fans of 2015’s rootsy and traditional ‘Goodluck Man’ will be […]

Month: September 2024

Nick Lowe “Indoor Safari”

Grayson Capps “Columbus Stockade Blues” – forget me then, false love

Video Premiere: The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! “Why Did I Eat the Whole Bag of Mushrooms?”

Book Review: Steve Wynn “I Wouldn’t Say It If It Wasn’t True”

As predicted here, The Dead Tongues announce UK and European tour dates

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

Lisa Bouchelle “Vandals, Thieves and Lovers”

Mac Cornish “Wayfaring Woman”

Sarah McQuaid takes to the road again in the UK in November

Levi Foster “Appalachian Funk Tree”