December 2024 – Page 19

Classic Clips: Matraca Berg and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ‘Oh Cumberland’ – from “Will The Circle Be Unbroken – Farther Along”

December 6, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-curated “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” album released in 1972 is often cited as one of the foundation stones of americana. At the time, the record’s bringing together of the founders of […]

Father John Misty “Mahashmashana”

December 6, 2024 Guy Lincoln 0

The Misty/Tillman axis delivers another gloriously overblown tour-de-force. Fewer than ten seconds into the opening and title track of Father John Misty’s new album and we are knee-deep in thudding percussion, sweeping melodramatic string crescendos and […]

Jingle Bells Friday – who fancies ice skating?

December 6, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, it’s actually December, the first mince pie has been consumed, someone’s hunting for the remains of last year’s eggnog (good luck with that), and those same old decorations have been retrieved from their storage place […]

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win a pair of tickets to UK Americana Week 2025!

December 6, 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 Chuck Prophet, Laura Marling, Paul Kelly, Clem Snide and […]

Sam Moss “Swimming” – Listen

December 6, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Sam Moss makes the ocean waves feel pastoral in his latest single ‘Swimming’. This is the title track from a new full-length LP due on 7th February. Elegant acoustic guitar picking supports Moss’s voice. Moss reflects […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

August 10, 2026 0

Seven Spanish Angels is a song which encapsulates a full range of americana imagery – doomed love, defiance, outlaws, faith, mystery and death – all set in an undescribed location that calls up the settings for […]

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

August 10, 2026 0

A moving, beautifully crafted collection of songs that refuses to surrender compassion in a fractured world. Chris Pierce has always possessed one of the finest voices in americana, capable of conveying tenderness, conviction and quiet resilience […]

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

August 10, 2026 0

Western folk singer-songwriter and AUK favourite Margo Cilker has announced her third album, Little White Cross, due out October 9 via Fossil Records, a label Cilker recently launched with fellow musician ISMAY. The upcoming 10-song set […]

Month: December 2024

Classic Clips: Matraca Berg and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ‘Oh Cumberland’ – from “Will The Circle Be Unbroken – Farther Along”

Father John Misty “Mahashmashana”

Jingle Bells Friday – who fancies ice skating?

Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win a pair of tickets to UK Americana Week 2025!

Sam Moss “Swimming” – Listen

For The Sake Of The Song: Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels”

Chris Pierce “Songs for the Heavy Hearted”

Margo Cilker unveils her “Little White Cross” for October

Kacy Lee Anderson to release debut solo album

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”