December 2024 – Page 13

Live Review: The Sheepdogs + The Commoners, Islington Assembly Hall, London – 5th December 2024

December 12, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

A squally night, presaging the storms to come, led to a wet arrival at the Islington Assembly Hall. It was a rushed arrival as well thanks to the vagaries of the Rail Network. But the hall […]

Continental Shift 4. Germany

December 12, 2024 Rick Bayles 5

Americana in one of Europe’s largest music markets. We’re now into the second half of this series and it marks a move away from those countries where americana music is quite marginalised to a set of […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Ben Stubbs

December 12, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

It’s a shame that so many excellent singer/songwriters go underappreciated by those who purchase or stream music. That’s something we would like to help rectify by presenting this top-notch 15 minutes of original songs from Ben […]

Echo Valley “Crabbuckit” –

December 12, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Some bands would have gone for the easy choice – The Andersons – since Echo Valley are a family affair: Elizabeth Anderson on lead vocal and acoustic guitar, Olivia Anderson (banjo) and Emily Anderson (fiddle) on […]

Video Review of the Year 2024

December 12, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Here we are again, hurtling towards another Christmas and another year. Time flies when we’re having fun, so 2024 must have been a good one. An election in the UK gave me some hope. An election […]

Dean Owenswith John Convertino and Joey Burns

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

September 24, 2026 0

It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows: With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging […]

Album artwork for The Fool by Embla and the Karldotters

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

September 24, 2026 0

Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

September 24, 2026 0

On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

Month: December 2024

Live Review: The Sheepdogs + The Commoners, Islington Assembly Hall, London – 5th December 2024

Continental Shift 4. Germany

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Ben Stubbs

Echo Valley “Crabbuckit” –

Video Review of the Year 2024

The Top 10 UK Americana Albums of All Time: Jonathan Hincks

Embla and the Karidotters “The Fool”

Béla Fleck releases live album to celebrate his Bluegrass Heart

Izzie Walsh “Where Do We Go From Here?”

Americana Stories – Stephen Eyre “On the road”