September 2024 – Page 8

cover art for Carolyn Shulman album "Heart On A Wire"

Carolyn Shulman “Heart On A Wire”

September 24, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

Denver-based singer-songwriter’s sophomore album reveals a seasoned artist delving into the personal and social challenges of this troubled modern world. Carolyn Shulman grew up in Mobile, Alabama, and by the time she was fourteen she was […]

Video Interview: Jamie Sutherland on “The World As It Used To Be”

September 24, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Writing more songs than Broken Records can record and the pull of singer-songwriters. It may surprise many listeners that Broken Records’ Jamie Sutherland is seventeen years into his career, mind you, this doesn’t mean he is […]

AJ Woods “Hawk Is Listenin'”

September 24, 2024 Helen Jones 0

Tales of the human condition looked at through a New Mexico-lens largely benefit from some at times more unorthodox musical choices. For New Mexico singer-songwriter AJ Woods, “Hawk Is Listenin’” is more than just an album […]

Bright Eyes “All Threes” – featuring Cat Power

September 24, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well this one slipped out with no fanfare at all…but we all know who Bright Eyes / Conor Oberst is, we all know Cat Power, and this is the title track of the new album ‘Five […]

Video Premiere: Solak “Different Timing”

September 24, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the latest single from Belgian artist Lukas Somers, also-known-as Solak. ‘Different Timing’ is an engaging introduction to his lo-fi indie-folk. Alongside a string arrangement from Joppe Bestevaar, the multi-instrumentalist Somers delivers guitar, piano, bass and […]

Promo photo for Jack Barksdale EP "Battleground"

AUK’s Monthly EP Round-Up – September 2026

September 23, 2026 1

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. […]

AUK Mini-Gigs

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Jeremy Pinnell

March 30, 2020 1

When times are tough, we need to find ways to come together and celebrate. Many of us find joy in live music… now that’s in short supply at the moment, so we’re sharing ‘mini-gigs’ from great […]

Videos

The Avett Brothers “We Americans” – Watch

October 4, 2019 0

We leave you this week dear reader with a track from the sublime new album from North Carolina’s Avett Brothers which is out today – ‘Closer Than Together’ is their most political record to date, a […]

Album Reviews

Garrett Heath “Kingdom Come”

August 4, 2021 0

Reflective melancholy drives a search for truth, peace and love. “I believe the world will be saved by beauty”; so says Prince Lev Nikolyaevich Myshkin, the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, ‘The Idiot’. As a proponent […]

Month: September 2024