November 2024 – Page 33

Julia Logan “Faraway Nearby”

November 1, 2024 Declan Colley 0

Swedish songwriter matures fast on second album. There is a slightly tenuous Americana link when it comes to Swedish performers in the shape of The Hootenanny Singers, featuring later-to-become ABBA songwriting powerhouse Bjorn Ulvaeus, who were […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – Win a pair of tickets to see a Transatlantic Sessions show!

November 1, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Danny and the Champs, Dawes, Chuck Ragan, Amy Speace, […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 161 “Live is where it’s at”

November 1, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

A recent discussion on Radio 4 about gig going prompted a discussion amongst fellow writers about the type of gigs they attended and how often. It was a revealing conversation with, interestingly, venue comfort coming close […]

Liv Greene “Deep Feeler”

November 1, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

Boston’s folk loss is Nashville’s gain. ‘Deep Feeler’ is Liv Greene’s sophomore album. Still very much a folk artist, a move to Nashville has added some rhinestone sparkle to many of the album’s songs of self-acceptance. […]

Crys Matthews “Cancel Culture” – right on, just right on

November 1, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1

Now there is a danger, we are warned, from listening to things that we agree with whole heartedly. We’ll be narrowing our viewpoints, we won’t be seeing the other side, we’ll miss the bigger picture. You […]