December 2024 – Page 9

It’s the 2024 AUK Readers Poll! Vote for your favourite americana from the last year

December 16, 2024 Mark Whitfield 1

There are 3 days left to vote for your favourite Americana from the last 12 months! The stuff that’s resonated with you throughout the year, the stuff that you’ll still be talking about this time next […]

I picked up the loaded dice – Jon Aird’s 2024 year in review

December 16, 2024 Jonathan Aird 1

Has this year actually finished up already? Ignoring everything that happened for good and for ill out in the greater world, it has been a crazy musical ride – so many fantastic albums, so many amazing […]

Fairport Convention’s Cropredy Festival 2025 line up revealed

December 16, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Folk rockers Fairport Convention have announced the line up for their Cropredy Convention in August, marking 45 years bringing some of the biggest names in music to a quiet corner of Oxfordshire. Taking place across the […]

Various Artists “Can’t Steal My Fire (The Songs of David Olney)”

December 16, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

Marvellous stories and enduring characters. This is like the All-Star game in Major League baseball, but instead of Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Bryce Harper, Mookie Betts and Christian Yelich, executive producer Gwil Owen lined up such […]

Mince Pie Mondays – Is there any Brandy Cream left?

December 16, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Another dip into the seemingly bottomless well of more or less Americana-ish / country / singer-songwriter / folk offerings that celebrate the most wonderful time of the year. Still a dearth of directly Solstice themed songs…we’ll […]